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Library
YING just west of the city of Hays and bordered on three sides by
the winding body of water known as Big Creek is the Campus of
the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School. This is a spot that is
fraught with many fond recollections for the graduate of the Nor-
mal. It is the spot on which was spent many of the pleasantest
days of his life.
In his memory he is back again on the Campus of his Alma
Mater. He ponders the thoughts of the happy hours whiled away
in boating on the limpid waters of Big Creek. The remembrances of tbe ring of
tbe skates as they hashed swiftly over the ice remain an ever present reminder of
the many winter evenings when a full moon and pleasant company left nothing to
be desired. He hears again tbe plunk of tbe pigskin as the fullback boots the ball
far down tbe field and into the enemy’s territory. Fie sees the rush of players,
bears the trill of the whistle and then exults as bis team marches from the field
with the tread of victors. He again feels the thrill of excitement rush through his
veins as the hat meets the ball and sends it skimming across the field for the hit
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“None but myself can be my parallel *' — George Wolf.
mat scores the winning run. To him comes the joy of participating in the fr.en-
zied rooting as the two teams surge back and forth across the floor. He exults
again as the final goal is thrown that gives his team a victory. The tennis courts
seem to beckon to him. The chalked lines and white nets hold a fascination all
their own.
His thoughts turn to the more serious side of his school life. He again is
struggling through the maze of a problem in quadratics. A particularly difficult
passage of Cicero refuses to yield to translation. The chemistry laboratory with
its vile odors and surprising secrets is calling to him.
The library with its quiet, peaceful atmosphere beckons him and he wanders
again among the stacks of books or muses over the pages of some technical mag-
azine. The bell rings and he follows the students to the Assembly Hall where an
entertaining program is being rendered or perchance a pageant is being staged.
Forgotten are the heavy burdens of participation in the activities of life, faded is
the memory of the dull routine of daily business care for in memory the man of
today is again the youth of yesterday with all the ideals, the sympathy and the
inspirations that were the results of his environment while a student. on the Campus
of the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School.
“Learned women are ridiculed because they put to shame unlearned men ' —
Kathryn O’Loughlin.
Fort Hays Kansas Normal School
N KEEPING with the spirit of progressiveness which lias ever
been the dominating and impelling force in the growth of the
Fort Hays Kansas Normal School the record of the past year is
one of advancement and loyal interest in all departments and ac-
tivities of the school. Unhampered by traditional formalism and
free from stereotyped methods and regulations the school stands
ready to adjust herself to the needs and demands of Western
Kansas in every wav possible.
Wherever she can render a service that will result in the bettering of condi-
tions of a community; whenever she can lend her aid in the promoting of the wel-
fare of the individual, in the broadening of visions and enriching of lives and in
the actual preparation for life's task, the Fort Elays Kansas Normal School believes
that this is her mission to perform.
During the past year the student body has increased in size, new teachers
have been added to the faculty and new departments have been added to the cur-
riculum. An unprecedented record bas been made in athletic contests with other
colleges. The" interest in oratory and debate bas increased and an annual contest
for girls has been inaugurated. Special project work for the benefit of self-sup-
porting students, as well as for those merely desiring the instruction, has become
an important feature of the school work. The religious and social life of the
student body has been placed on a more efficient basis through the organization of
the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations and the Newman
Club.
The community life of the school is unusual. The absence of secret societies
and exclusive social Asets" makes for a greater democracy and fosters a spirit of
kindly interest among the students that could not otherwise obtain. This spon-
taneous loyalty among the students and faculty bas made itself felt in the hearty
support given to all school activities during the past year. No other single phase
of school life can claim to have done more for the student in the training for use-
ful citizenship than the spirit of unselfish patriotism and generous co-operation
in all its interest as it exists in our F. H. N.
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"A little nonsense non' and then
Is relished by the best of men " — Alice Bee by.
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Departments
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“Well, I just don't care , anyway ” — Conn etxy.
The Board of Administration
HE BOARD OR ADMINISTRATION was created by an act of
the legislature of 1911 when the Board of Regents of the five state
schools were abolished and the management of the schools consoli-
dated under one board of three members. The three members as
appointed by Governor Hodges were; Ed. T. Hackney. E. W.
Hoch and Mrs. Cora G. Lewis. The state schools under the ad-
ministration of this Board have enjoyed an era of great prosperity
and growth. Lee Harrison is secretary to the Board.
N in eteen
“Don't you yet too gay ” — YVthstnant.
YVn.r.i am A. Lewis. AJU US., LL.D.
Missouri State Xormal Schoo!. Valparaiso University, Armour fnstitutc
of Technology.
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Fine Arts
“We’re made so that zee love -first xvhen zve see thou fainted , things zve have
passed a hundred bines nor cared to see:' — Roijert Browning,
HERE is a tendency
among our present day
educators to draw a line
between vocational and
cultural forms of training.
The Art Department of
the Fort Hays Normal
has tried to demonstrate that there is no di-
vision point. The training of a hand to
make what the eye sees— picking out the
beautiful and applying it to our every day
conditions are things that everyone should
be able to do. When the student learns to
visualize the things around him by drawing
them or making a decorative motive from
them he is rapidly becoming more able to
see clearly in any other line of education.
Georgina VVootf.n Among the many features of interest.
Professor Public School Art we have had an exhibit of reproductions of
old and modern masterpieces. The entire
student body showed an intense interest in
the pictures. Those of us who live away from
the cities where there are art galleries perhaps never see good pictures and the stu-
dent body appreciated this and every spare moment was spent among the pictures
during their stay here. Mrs. Jean Sherwood of Chicago, chairman of the Art Divi-
sion of the National Federation of Women's Clubs, came with the exhibit and gave
a formal lecture and many informal talks about the pictures. Mrs. Sherwood is con-
sidered the best authority on art in America, having spent many years in study in
Europe. She was highly pleased with the work of the department and took some
work with her that she might show it at the different exhibits. Perhaps the most
auspicious thing that came to the department was the recognition that we received
at the State Teachers' Association. The departments' exhibit there attracted more
attention, perhaps, than any other exhibit, and Miss Bonnie Snow who was for
many years head of the drawing in the New York city schools said it was one
of the best exhibits she had ever seen outside of a professional school.
We are now at work and the road is long, but we have assurance that the
work of the Art Department of the Fort Hays Kansas Normal will some day be
felt all over Western Kansas.
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“IVc’ll szeing around this way ” —
FT ARRIS.
Manual Arts
C LA R LN CE J . S M IT H . A. B . , A . M .
Professor Manual Arts
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PIE law of life is growth. Thus this department is very much
alive. Since last Reveille there have been added a new double
arbor power sawing machine with five horse power motor to
dr've it and a twelve inch planner and jointer with a three horse-
power motor drive. The drafting- room, while crowded in with
the bench room, has had built by loyal students, twelve drawing
cabinets with four drawers and a cupboard to each.
In the early part of the year much of the activity in this de-
partment was turned into the erection of the two story Normal
Building on the Fair Grounds which was completed in eighteen days and remain*
a credit to the achievements of those who “do things / 7
Not the least in the growth of the Manual Arts Department has been the
addition of an assistant, Mr. Davis, a former student and alumnus. PTis work
has filled the northwest room, expanded into the neighboring rooms and corridors,
and is still spreading.
Some of the results of former years are showing up in the confidence with
which students “tackle*' a stiff undertaking. The ice house, the poultry house, the
gardener's cottages have been built by student labor upon their own initiative.
Many letters and personal visits from former wood workers now in the field
are received at this office attesting the popularity of tlrs branch of education. The
boys who are out are making good and taking high rank with those who secure the
best positions.
EnvviN Davis, B.S.
Assistant Professor Science and
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Ada Law says: "Fred Albertson laughs that others may enjoy life A
Thomas M. Wood, ITS.
Professor Farm Engines and
Blacksmith ing
Blacksmithing and Farm Engines
HE OLD Fort Hays Hos-
pital Building has been
used for the past eleven
years to house the division
of the Arts Department
work which includes Farm
Blacksmithing, and Farm
Engines. Cn account of the site being-
needed for the Sheridan Coliseum the old
building familiarly known as the “Incuba-
tor." has again been moved. It is now do-
ing duty in the Agricultural Department as
a real incubator for the work in Poultry.
The Farm Blacksmithing and Farm En-
gines were the first departments to find
quarters in Sheridan Coliseum. The en-
tire ground floor cn the north is now
given over to the work. The East room is
fitted up for a blacksmith shop. Four of
the small stationary engines are also in the
room. The West room houses the farm
tractors and at present the Normal Jitney.
Two companies have donated engines for demonstration work. The Case Co. has
sent two tractors. The J. H. C.. The Avery and the Emerson companies have
sent one each. We now have adecpiate room and equipment for the presentation
of the work.
The work in cement construction gives opportunity to become familiar with
the testing and mixing of cement, the making of forms and the various uses for
which it may be used by the farmer.
This department believes every farm should have a shop in which the farm
machinery can be repaired. A forge and gas engine should be a part of this
equipment. Many students having taken the work of this department have built-
shops in which they have sharpened the plowshares and done practically all black-
smithing required on the farm.
The gasoline engine is being used by the farmer for so many purposes that
a knowledge of its construction and operation is necessary. Our equipment makes
it possible for the student to get practical knowledge and experience in the oper-
ation of a variety of engines in both stationary and tract : on types.
The full equipment for a farm electric light plant is on the ground. This
will be properly installed as soon as the new building is completed.
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The Buffalo — refused to take sides in staff altercations.
Rural Economics
HE DEPARTMENT OF
RURAL ECONOMICS
was established at the be-
ginning* of the present
school year. Organization
has already been com-
pleted and over 100 stu-
dents are now enrolled in the various
courses.
Majors as well as minors are offered
in order that the prospective teachers may
the more fully specialize themselves in vari-
ous phases of rural life and industry.
Western Kansas is purely a rural re-
gion. There is not a single city in the entire
area of forty thousand scptare miles. So far Millard Grand. B.S-, M.S.
as at present known there is no large ex- Professor Rural Economics
tent of mineral wealth upon which manu-
facturing industries can ever be built. For
this reason urban life can never flourish.
All the people at present get their living
either directly or almost directly from the
farm. They are concerned first and last with those problems arising out of the
activities of the small village and the open country. The bulk of teachers trained
at the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School must look forward to filling vacancies in
rural schools. Their real and lasting success in their calling will depend upon how
efficient they may be in helping the farmer and the small village merchant solve
his pressing social and economic problems.
This department proceeds upon the assumption that it is the business of every
man or woman to be a useful citizen in the community in which he or she ma;j
happen to be located. After that, he may earn his living through the medium of
such occupations as teaching school, selling dry goods, managing an agricultural
plant, or rendering aid to the afflicted. Callings are created by the public in order
that it may he served and not for the purpose of insuring some candidate an
income.
The work of this department touches very closely that of the departments of
Agriculture. Home Economics. Sociology and History.
The interest of the students enrolled has thus far been gratifying and the
results achieved are well worth while. The outlook is all that could be desired.
Page Twenty-five
Reveille Photos : Instigators of the expression “Isn’t that horrid !*
History
HE DEPARTMENT OF
HI STORY under the lead-
ership of Ward W. Sul-
livan lias made rapid
progress during the year
191 6-* 17 along with the
other departments of the
school. A new departure is being tried
this year of using student assistants. They
teach the Academic subjects under the
supervision of Mr. Sullivan. Their work
has proved of a very high order. They
have had at least sixten hours of college
work in history and they have selected
history as their major. Two purposes
Ward YY. Sullivan, A.B., A.M. are served by this method; it makes it
i lofessoi History possible to offer more history, thereby ac-
commodating a larger number of stu-
dents and it also gives the assistants
teaching experience in the subject they
expect to teach in the high schools. Miss
Shively and Mr. We l tv have handled the
Academic European and Mr. Albertson the Academic American History.
Because of the above plan of using assistants in the Academic work it has
been posible for Mr. Sullivan to offer two. new courses in the department in the
college, namely, Methods in the Teaching of the Social Sciences; and Government
Institutions and Parties. The course in Methods is designated for those who ex-
pect to teach the Social Sciences and especially for those doing their major work
in history. The enrollment in these courses has been necessarily small as they
are advanced courses and designated for upper classmen. The department has
enrolled 347 students during the year.
One of the special features of the department work has been that of making
special trips visiting the historical places in the vicinity of Hays. Tt was the prac-
tice for some 27 members of the department to lure the Normal “bus" and spend
the afternoon accompanied by Mr. Sullivan who gave lectures concerning the his-
toric places visited. Notes were taken by the students and papers were written
concerning the facts gathered on the trip. These historic trips were very benefi-
cial to all who participated in them.
The department has also collected a large amount of museum material and
notes on Western Kansas.
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Reveille Office — The average student's idea of an ideal loafing place.
Cl-j V R I. I S A. S HIV ELY,
AJE, A.M.
Professor Education
Rorj-rt E. Parker,
A. 11. A.M.
Associate Professor
Education
Floyd Pi. Lee. A.B., A.M.
Assistant Professor
Education
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Margaret K . Schoenhals,
B.S.
Professor Rural Education
Maude M. Davis, B.S.
Assistant in Rural
Education
Mrs. Sadie Keeler.
Assistant Model School
Education
HE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION concerns itself espe-
dally with the problem of teacher training'. Candidates for the
life certificate are required to complete sixteen hours, and can-
didates for the degree, thirty hours of work in this department.
The work includes General and Applied Psychology. Eli story of
Education. Principles of Education. School Administration, Gen-
eral and Rural Sociology, Community Work, Secondary Ed wea-
pon, Principles and Technique of Methods, and Observation and
Practice in the Training School.
The department has carried on some important extension work during the
past year. A bulletin on “Rural School Mouses and Their Equipment." by Mr.
Parker, has b*en in great demand, over 3,800 copies having been sent out in an-
swer to requests.
Miss Schoenhals has done extensive work as consulting expert in rural com-
munity and school problems. Direct supervision connection has been established
with a number of rural schools in the vicinity of Hays, It is planned to make
these demonstration and practice schools for those in training for rural school
service. A model Rural School is also maintained on the Campus.
“What sweet delight a quiet life affords” — Hazel Moore.
/
Rena A. Fauiuon, B.S.
Assistant Professor Home
Economics
Domestic Art
NE of the important phases of industrial education is domestic
art. One generally hears the term “domestic art" in use in rela-
tion to sewing but this is a very narrow usage of the term when
one considers all of the subjects included in the course of domestic
art and the underlying ideals and content which such subjects
imply. The ethical, social and aesthetic values are often lost sight
of, and the material or utilitarian side made the main Asm.
In the work of this divV.on of the Home Economics Department we try to
emphasize the material as well as the social and aesthetic side of the work. The
course for the first year includes the application of the general technique of sewing,
the planning of simple and appropriate wardrobes, the repair and care of clothing.
A knowledge of art in relation to design and color for use in home and dress,
suitability of line and color in relation to dress and study of the general principles
of design are necessary. Never before lias the study of the textile arts been more
important, due to the increasing importance of woman as a spender and the diffi-
culty in procuring materials of good quality and at reasonable prices. Efficiency
in the selection of materials can only be obtained by a study of widths, prices and
qualities, as well as adaptation to use. The girls who have made a study of buy-
ing, who can avoid “a bargain," who appreciate the ethics of shopping, and have
a knowledge of conditions of manufacturing, are better fitted to be the spenders of
today.
We are preparing teachers, so for that reason it is necessary to give training in
the management of domestic art classes. The classes in the presentation of do-
mestic art have had charge of the sewing work in the Mode) school, and the results
have been very gratifying.
E LIZA BET II Co N DIT
Professor Domestic Art
Page Twenty-eight
“I taught at Bison , but wasrit buffaloed ” — Laura Kaiser.
Domestic Science
OME ECONOMICS has
been called the connecting
link between the physical
economics of the individ-
ual and the social econom-
ics of the state. Domestic
Science., which is a divi-
sion of Home Economics,
deals primarily with foods
and nutrition, home management, care and
feeding of children and home care of the
sick. The function of nutrition is some-
times considered a “low function"'' but it is
one of considerable importance. Until it is
properly performed no other business can
be properly attended to. The health and
virtue of the individual depends upon his
being properly nourished, and proper nour- Elizabeth J. Agnew. B.S.
ishment depnds upon the careful selection. Professor Domestic Science
preparation and consumption of foods.
Food carefully selected and properly
cooked and served saves energy to the body.
The popular cry for simpler living is a mis-
take— in so far as it is a cry for cruder liv-
ing. What we need is a more intelligent
understanding of the materials and the pro-
cesses that go to satisfy the needs of the human body. Primitive man used simple
foods from necessity, not from choice, and our present mode of living with all its
abuses makes a higher stage of civilization.
But Domestic Science has a wider sphere than simply that of nutrition. It
means the proper adjustment of all the human processes with relation to each
other; the proper equipment for meeting the requirements of efficient lighting,
heating and ventilating conditions; the careful selection of primitive adaptation to
the needs of the household, appropriate floor and wall coverings and window hang-
ings ; and last, but not least, a definite and adequate knowledge of the causes and
prevention of disease; the feeding of children and the home care of the sick. Of
all the factors which affect the happiness and welfare of the human race, probably
none is so important as good health. Without a vigorous body man’s efficiency,
comfort and happiness are disturbed or destroyed altogether.
That woman should hold the office of feeder, clothier and keeper of life is
wholly right; but unless the processes followed are abreast of the age the end. is
not fully attained. The home is the birthplace of every human thing. Out of it
come ail that makes us human in the broad sense of the term and we cannot afford
to have the cradle of life ; n an inferior or defective condition, else the life that
comes out of it will be malformed and defective also.
Hence it is to this end that we maintain a division of Domestic Science in the
Fort Hays Kansas Normal School.
Page Twenty-nine
"Clara Wolf has high aspirations for an Earl.
A NG CAGES were made a
part of the course of study
when the Normal school
was moved from its old
fort site to the more com-
modious quarters of the
present main building. At
first only Latin and German were offered
and they were run as two separate depart-
ments. Three years ago they were com-
bined into one department, the language
department, and were placed under one
head, for it was thought that this way
they would best serve the interests of the
school.
Jenntf. E. Mickles, A.B.
Professor German and Latin The department has grown steadily.
For those students who are willing to take
some time, in this busy life, and devote it
to the great thinkers of the Classic age,
Latin becomes a source of keen enjoyment,
and there are many who are giving them-
selves this pleasure. However, the modern
languages arc in the greater demand. French was introduced, especially for the
music students, two years ago and last year Spanish made its appearance. Al-
though the beginning class in the latter was small the enthusiastic work done
leads us to hope for great things from this part of the department in the coming
years. German lias always more than held its own, as the German conversation
floating around the halls and Campus will testify, to say nothing of the German
Yerein with Its Kaffee Klatches and the 11 Kaiser’* with his militant air. It is a
good omen when in this practical life, culture is not neglected and we are glad to
say that such is the case in this school.
Page Thirty
“The teachers don't know how much 1 really know” — McCord.
Kathrvn CTLoughun.
The Library
URING the present school
year the library will be
moved into a home exclu-
sively its own. This will
mark another epoch in it^
growth.
Established in 100 2
when the school was first established and in
a room whose dimensions were about six by
eight feet, the library has passed through
various stages of growth until it is the larg-
est school library in the western half of the
state. Nearly all the volumes in the library
are reference material and are used con-
stantly by the different classes. The recog-
nition by the students of the library as one
of the potent factors in their school life is
evinced by the ever increasing use of it.
When first established the library was open
only in the morning. L.ater it was opened
during the afternoons, within the last two
years it has been found necessary to open
the library six days a week and evenings, to accommodate the students.
Man j persons have contributed valuable books to the library. Charles R.
Green, in 1915. gave his historical collection comprising some 3.000 volumes.
R. Bullimore contributed 300 books.
The first librarian was Miss Della Sissler. She held the office of librarian
and also taught several classes. Miss Emily Grosser held the position of libra-
rian for a time as did Miss Lucie Snyder. The present librarian. Miss Lulu
Bice has found that to accommodate the people desirous of using the library
help must be employed. At present she has five student assistants.
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“Jewels need not be large to be precious " — Wray.
Lulu M. Bice, R.S.
Librarian
P. Caspar Haryt.y.
A. 13., A.M
Professor English
Dora E. Grass. 13. S.
Professor Secondary
English
Elsii: Macintosh, B.S.
Public Speaking and
Pageantry
TKe Department of English
HE act'vities of the department of English are as varied as are the
many phases of school life at the Fort Hays Kansas Normal
School. L’ncler this department are listed, in addition to the tra-
ditonal classes in college and secondary English, pageantry, ora-
tory. debate, journalism, and dramatics. Where these several di-
visions touch the life of the school can be seen throughout this
year book. The two most significant features of development in
this year's work have been the expansion of the course in journal-
ism and the college and secondary classes in world literature.
Realizing that we are forever occupied with knowing about literature instead of
actually knowing it. the department has added to its course two laboratory courses,
one in the secondary and one in the college section. In the high school course the
regular work of the third year was expanded so that the reading of the works of
the writers studied came at a laboratory period other than the class recitation. In
the college section a new course was offered. A card index is kept of the exact
number of hours and pages each student reads each day of the week. A list of
about two hundred masterpieces is used by the pupil to select from. He reads “the
hooks instead of about them/’ In this course the student is taught to read down
through the book into himself. The selection is left to the student under the direc-
tion of the instructor. Habits of reading and the formation of a literary taste are
be ; ng formed.
1
11 Speech is great but silence is goiden ,J — PiiRN Rjiemsnvder.
Page Thirty-t*wo
Mathematics
HE WORK of the depart-
ment of Mathematics is of
the kind that cannot show
visible results in display
work. This department,
however is recognized as
one of the most important
in the school and has a large enrollment.
The work of the department includes
the courses in mathematics in the academy
and college courses. In the academy arith-
metic, algebra and geometry are offered.
The college course includes algebra, trigo-
nometry and farm surveying.
Practical class work in geometry is
given in the assigning problems in measure-
ment of different parts of the campus and
buildings that require the use of the prin-
ciples of the relation of angles.
The classes in farm surveying have
done some very practical work. The school
gardens were laid out by the surveying
class. The land was measured and accurately divided into one-acre plots. The
grade for the main and lateral Trigation ditches were run. The grounds for the
Golden Kelt Pair were surveyed and a half mile oval race track was laid out. The
class located and staked out the spot on which Sheridan Coliseum now stands.
The student is given an opportunity to major in this department should he so
desire.
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IS. E. Colvf.ic A.B., A.M.
Professor Mathematics
“Mustache, presto! girl gone } — John Dj?.vvers.
Music
Henry E. Malloy
Professor Music
Walter B. Roberts, A.B.
Professor Piano
Clara L. Malloy
Professor Violin
Helen Pest an a
Assistant Professor
Public School Music
' ' M v ha . ppiness depends o n h avin g a g hi " — Bill Dew els.
Page Thirty-four
Whitcomb G. Speer, B.S.
Professor Physical Education
For Men, Athletic Coach
M a r i a n Flanders
Professor Physical Education
For Women
Physical Education
(/ J*
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^y^HILE football, basketball, baseball and track are under the super-
$ %
•t vision of the Physical Education Department, the purpose of the
jpG department is not to train for supremacy in these sports.
The instructors in the department organize their classes with
I the view-point of giving instruction and training that wall be of
benefit to the students with average physical development or the
student who has some physical defect.
Classes are given in drill, gymnastics, basketball, baseball,
tennis, track and swimming for both boys and girls. The girls are also taught
aesthetic dancing, hockey and gymnasium games. Boxing, wrestling and heavy
gymnastics are offered for the benefit of those boys interested in this line of physi-
cal development.
The major sports, football, baseball and basketball are included in the depart-
ment anc! supported by the school for the benefit derived by the student body in
organizing themselves into a unit to support the team representing them on the
athletic field. The players who participate are benefitted in that they match their
skill, as well as strength, against that of their opponents. The individual learns
the value of coolness under fire and of quick judgment backed by action in an
impending crisis.
The members of the different classes are given instruction in the theory of
physical education and training in order that they may be fitted to teach physical
culture in the rural communities of Western Kansas.
Page T hirty-fivc
Tell the whole wide world'' — Williams.
Biology
Lyman D. Wooster, A.B.
Professor Botany and Zoology
WO big educational move-
ments have interested the
students of the Biology
Department during the
past year.
The first is the nation-
wide campaign for greater
health efficiency. Physi-
cians, educators, states-
men, magazines, manufacturers, lecturers
and boards of health are co-operating in an
allied drive on low health standards. We
are learning that low vitality and physical
ills not only reduce efficiency but are poor
economy.
The students of the Hygiene classes have
allied themselves with the above movement.
They have made Plealth, not '‘Physiology/'
their goal ; they have earnestly studied and
experimented on both personal and com-
munity health problems; they have con-
ducted clinics for the detection of adenoids,
diseased tonsils, and eye defects among the
children of the publ ; c schools ; they have
worked on the cigarette problem and have
quietly achieved some results; they have
used the school paper, the "Leader/' and other agencies for health publicity work ;
and they have quietly made investigations of certain specific local health conditions
and have brought about desirable results.
The second educational movement cannot be designated by a single word or
phrase ; it is an undercurrent of educational hunger which here and there comes to
the surface under such titles as “practical education/’ “motivation,” and so forth.
In reality, it is the desire to make education fit; to fit the present interests and prob-
lems of the student.
Just as the students in the Plygiene classes have tried to make their work
"fit,” so the students in other classes have tried to work out those problems which
are. to them, very real. Because this is a school for training of teachers, and
largely teachers : n rural and graded schools, the Biology classes have tried par-
ticularly to supply themselves with the sort of first hand knowledge of nature
which they should have gained in childhood, but which most of them missed be-
cause there was no one fitted to direct their natural craving for sensory knowledge.
Childhood has been called “the time of the reign of the senses.” It is the time
when the s°nses are gathering in that great fund of observational knowledge which
forms the basis for all future study and interpretation of life. And so the Biology
classes have been trying to obtain a thorough, first hand knowledge of nature,
as well as to interpret this knowledge in terms of the laws by which we live. They
have been trying to make their study of Biology meet and fit their problems as
they exist, for them noz v.
This, in brief, is an account of the spirit in which the students in the Depart-
ment of Biology are doing their work.
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'God made me and he made a Dazey * — Compton.
Chemistry
“For the world ivas built in order
And the atoms march in tune/'- — -Emerson.
HEMISTRY like phys-
ics is a basic science. A
foundation of chemical
knowledge is needed to
understand many of the
common every-day occur-
rences in life. To the
farmer, the home-maker, the engineer, the
doctor and the teacher chemistry in its vari-
ous phases is a most valuable asset.
One object of the course in chemistry
at the Fort Elays Kansas Normal School is
to create and foster a real love for and a
genuine interest in this fundamental science.
The student thereby receives a larger out-
look on life and is brought to realize that he
is a factor in the busy every day world.
John W. Read. P.S., M.S.
Professor of Chemistry
and Geology
The department is continually increas-
ing its facilities for doing the highest type
of work and gives courses in general, ana-
lytical, household, agricultural and organic
chemistry. In these courses the useful and
practical phases are strongly emphasized and considerable time is devoted to drill
and practice in the underlying principles.
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“This has to be done zvhether you can do it or noT'— Henry Edward.
Agriculture
Ernest B. Matti-iew,
A.B., A.M.
Professor Agriculture
IiE department is doing a
wonderful work in raising
the standards of agricul-
ture in Western Kansas.
The purpose of the de-
partment is not to educate
the young men and wo-
men that take the course
so that they may go back
to the farm and put into practice the things
they have learned but the efforts of the de-
partment are directed along a line more
compatible with the purpose of a Normal
school. The students are given practical
instruction in order that they may go out
into the rural communities of Western Kan-
sas and teach practical agriculture to the
boys and girls of those communities. The
graduates of the course are fully prepared
to teach agriculture in the high schools of
Kansas.
Tn order to meet the conditions pecu-
liar to this section of the country a new
method of presenting the subject has been
devised by Mr. Matthew, head of the de-
partment. This system is known as the man-
agerial method. Under this plan of presentation the student takes class work in
the subject and has a project over which he has exclusive control. Under the
course in animal husbandry he has a project in the production of beef or pork. He
owns -his own cattle or pigs, feeds them himself, keeps an accurate record of the
cost, and finally the profit derived. Projects of the same order are worked out for
the dairy division, the creamery division, gardening under glass, trucking and
the poultry division.
The school believes that three definite things are accomplished by this method
of presenting the agricultural course. The student secures actual managerial ex-
perience ; he develops initiative by the problems he must solve in his project and
last he becomes independent economically and during his school year instead of
spending a large sum of money he pays his school expenses from the profit derived
from his project.
Della S. Unruh, A.B
German and History
Mrs. Arrie W. Pettie,
B ; S.
Junior High School
Christine D u rs e m a
Sixth Grade
Training School
Maude McMjndes, B.S.
Home Economics and
Mathematics
Inez Frogce
Fourth and Fifth Grades
Frank S. Carman, B.S.
Junior High School and
Athletic Coach
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George F. Bear
Manual Training
Annie P. Hopkins,
A.B., A.M.
English and Latin
Elizabeth Leahy
Second and Third Grades
A, F. Bilker
R egistrar
Fred VV acker
Custodian
Ann au e ll e Sutton
First Grade
Training School
Rachel White
Stenographer
Deany E. Preussner
Private Secretary
C. W. Miller. Sr.
Curator Museum
Vage Forty
“For instance — Parker.
r —
Fort Hays
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Reveille Office — The average student's idea of an ideal loafing place.
Classes
E. H. Cummings
Grainfielcl
Football '13, '14, '15, '16. Captain '16; De-
bate 15, '16, '17 ; Assembly Committee ; Man-
aging Editor Reveille '16.
“Cap" is one of our most versatile students.
He claims he has not had time to choose a
life vocation. We predict that he would make
a splendid business man as he is authority on
the subject of Legers.
Zhxla Jane Rouse
Salina
Zella was a student at Kansas Wesleyan be-
fore coming here in 1913. RJer work here has
been done during the spring and summer
terms. She says teaching is her choice of a
life vocation. Henry Graham seemed rather
skeptical in regard to this statement.
Rena Harmon
Sharon Springs
Assembly Committee; Library Assistant;
Elijah.
Rena has been a loyal Normalite since join-
ing us in *13. In fact she has quite a name
for loyalty and seems devoted to a single cause.
She chooses Home Economics for her life
work.
Page Forty-four
“ All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women” — Condit.
Lucille Felten
Flays
Creation; Orchestra; Violin Quartette.
After graduating- from Hays High School,
Lucille decided that the Fort Hays Normal
needed her and she became a member of our
student body in ‘13. She chooses the profes-
sion of music as the field in which to devote
her talent.
C arro l J . W r-r jstn a n t
St. Francis
Creation ; Stabat Mater ; Eli jah ; Gym Team.
Carrol joined us in T2 as a member of the
Sophomore Academy Class. He has been a
faithful student and we predict success for
him. Fie will spend next year instructing the
vouth of western Kansas.
Lours W. Herman
Sharon Springs
Mr. Fferman first entered school in the sum-
mer of 1916. During the past year he has had
a prominent part in the Normal Dairy, having
placed ten cows in that department and three
sons to do the work. Fljs most pleasant occu-
pation is driving the Normal jitney or selling-
buttermilk in the Dairy Laboratory.
Maybelle Alice Bee by
Flays
Debate : Track Team ; Assembly Committee :
Tine Fortune FI unter; Y, YV. C. A.
Alice entered as a member of the Freshman
Academy Class of ‘09. She took a vacation
from school duties to teach a country school
two years. She lists teaching as her choice of
a Jife vocation.
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“Oh, piffle! I don't see why 1 '— Garrett.
Alice L. Freese
Hays
Alice entered school in 1902 when the school
was first established. She has taken time off
from her studies to teach and prove up on a
claim in Colorado. She chooses teaching as a
life profession, but is undecided as to what
she will do next year.
Esther Shively
Hays
Esther entered school here in '10 as a mem-
ber of the Freshman College Class. She has
taught several terms of school since and at-
tended summer school. Esther asks “What
ought I put down for my life vocation if I
intend to get married?”
Dora E. Groff
Ellis
Secretary Forensic League ; Assembly Com-
mittee; Track Meet; Hockey; Y. W. C. A.
Dora's greatest ambition is to be a lecturer.
We predict that if natural talent and persist-
ence count for anything she will succeed in
attaining this goal.
M A B E L T W [SE LTO N
McCracken
Orchestra; Ladies’ Chorus; Y. W. C. A.
Mabel attended Bethany College for some
time but decided Hays suited her better. She
came here in T4 and says she has never re-
gretted it. She refused to state her life voca-
tion but rumor has it that the announcement is
not far off.
Page Forty-six
‘7 haven't mix thing to say, but let me talk ” — Walter Wolf.
Ethel Sullivan
Hays
Busily engaged with domestic duties and
home cares incident to married life, Mrs.
Sullivan withal finds time enough each day to
Attend class. This is indeed a rare accomplish-
ment in this age when the high cost of living
is staring every housewife in the face. But
then — there is Ward W's monthly check.
J. P. .Callahan
Bogue
Debate; Band; Assembly Committee; Class
President.
Jim will be greatly missed by those who are
fond of heated arguments and discussions in
the halls. Although undecided as to his future,
we predict for James a brilliant and successful
career.
Britts Harris
Hays
Married.
Britts failed to fill out his card with the de-
sired statistics. We presume he was too busy
ironing out domestic affairs to attend to this
matter. We are assured he will be able to
graduate however although he may be a day
late.
Kathryn O’Laughun
Hays
Debate; Orchestra; Assembly office; Dele-
gate Interstate League of Normal Schools and
member of auditing committee. La Crosse,
Wis.. April, 1915. President of State Normal
Forensic League. Delegate and member of
constitutional committee Interstate League of
Normal Schools, Springfield, Mo.. May, 1916.
Kathryn's honors are many. Pier choice of
a life vocation is Law-. Her chief charm lies
in her ability to get along agreeably with
everyone including the head of the English
Department. Pep speeches are her hobby.
Page. Forty -seven
"How do you tell the difference between carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide?"
— McFarland.
Jennie Sowash
Ottawa
Ottawa University and the State Normal
at Emporia having failed to come up to her
expectations Miss Sowash joined us in June
'16. She expects to teach High School Eng-
lish next year.
Henry Graham
Hays
Henry began his career here in *10 as a
member of the Freshman Academ Class. He
is said to be a very faithful correspondent.
With one exception the girls smile upon him
in vain. His plans for next year are incom-
plete.
Carl A. Clark
Hays
Bohemian Girl; Creation; Student Council ;
Y. M. C. A.
Carl has been a faithful and persistent stu-
dent, having taken the high school work in
the Hays High School, and is completing his
four year college work this spring. Here-
after he will assume the duties of teacher.
Beatrice Do we Kir km an
Hays
Newman Club.
Beatrice is the infant of the class in number
of years. Her specialty is aesthetic dancing.
She holds the distinction of having graduated
from the Life Certificate course in the class
her mother graduated in.
4 Rip per ?' 7 ’ — M i ddleic a u f f.
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Blanci-ie A. Connelly
Ellis
Elijah; II Trovatore; Assembly Officer;
Class Play ; Y. W. C. A.
Blanche is one of those stvidents who works
faithfully on, day after day, without complaint
or regret. Cheerfully accepting life as it
comes, smiling at obstacles and accomplishing
the really worth while.
Charlotte Ann Hussey
Ellis
Feast of the Red Corn ; An American Citi-
zen ; Stabat Mater*
She attended school at Washburn and Co-
lumbia College of Expression but finally found
her place in the Fort Flays Normal School*
Miss Hussey aspires to the teaching of Dra-
matic Art and Physical Training.
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" Lock the door quick before that man escapes ' — Agnes Philips.
Junior
Mildred Ha Mir. ton'
Ellis
Pet Phrase — “Oh Jiminy."
Always looking for a letter.
Irene Cloud
Wakeenev
Pet Phrase — ‘‘For the love of Pat.”
Sincere, faithful, practical.
B. M. Clark
Hays
Pet Phrase — ‘‘Oh, Prunes.”
I am not so bashful as I look.
Fred Albertson
Hill City
Pet Phrase— ‘Til be switched.”
He laughs at any mortal thing.
“Snmc :va\ the girls didn't fall for my mustache ” — Reynolds.
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Mrs. C. A. Beeby
Hays
Pet Phrase — “My Goodness/'*
A winning way and a pleasant smile.
H. M. Stock
Plays
Pet Phrase — “Got any (Cope)."
What pace is this that thy tongue keeps?
Mrs. Ed. Davts
Hays
Pet Phrase — 'Tm just crazy about that.'’
That cool possession of herself.
C. A. Beery
Plays
Pet Phrase — “Darn that Ford.
Married life is not all bliss.
Ellen Brumitt
Hays
Pet Phrase — -“My Sakes."
Quiet, studious, determined.
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‘ I made my man clip his mustache " — E. Deardorf.
Minnie ITelm-Hilton
Hays
Creation; Stabat Mater; II Trovatore; Or-
chestra ; Married.
After deserting us about New Year’s, Min-
nie has again become one of the bunch. Home
making- was listed as her vocation.
Ralph Archer
Great Bend
Football 04, 05, 06, Captain 07; Basket-
ball 03, 04, Captain 04; Baseball 03, 06;
Editor in Chief Leader 04, 05; Managing
Editor Reveille 07 ; Debate 06, 07.
Ralph takes part in all school activities. His
main hobby, however, is showing the new girls
a good time.
Wilfred F. Dorney
Flays
Gym Team ; Band ; Orchestra ; Men’s
Chorus.
Wilfred admits that the Normal girls can't
resist him, so he is going to give the other
boys a chance by taking a course in Flarvard
Dental College next year.
Ethel Roiunson
Hays
Bohemian Girl; Creation; An American
Citizen; Elijah; Stabat Mater; Y. W. C. A.;
Bachelor Flail.
Bobbie knows a good thing when she sees
it, as is shown by her locating at F. FI. N. after
having attended school in three different states,
namely, Wisconsin, Colorado and Michigan.
“ Really , kid, don't you think he s killing?''’ — Craig.
Page Fifty-two
Clara L. Wolf
Geneseo
German Club ; Chorus.
Clara claims the distinction of being the only
girl in the class who has never been proposed
to. Clarissa McNay says Clara has a wonder-
ful experience to look forward to.
Frank Sullivan
Thompsonville, Illinois.
Managing Editor Leader '16 and '17; Busi-
ness Manager Leader T4 and '15 ; Class Presi-
dent T5 and T6. * 16 and T7 ; President Y. M.
C. A. ; Assembly Committee ; Bachelor Hall.
The girls all look up to Happy. His head
ever protrudes from the midst of the bunch
of girls that is making the noise in the hall.
Lie barely missed out on the honor of being
listed as married.
Alta Me ale
Palco
Stabat Mater ; Elijah.
In order that she might not get out of prac-
tice Alta has been batching all winter. The
man back home no doubt will appreciate the
benefit acquired from this practice.
Clarissa E. McNay
Gove
Assembly Committee; Creation; Hockey;
Basketball; Y. W. C A.; Library Assistant.
Rissa says that a quiet evening and a piano
fulfils all her desires. She lists Home Eco-
nomics as her vocation. We suppose she
meant the practice of that subject.
r ‘ That dame sure fell for me ' — Felts.
Asa A. King
Hays
Bohemian Girl; II Trovatore; Orchestra;
Band; German Club; Y. M. C. A.; Rifle Club.
Asa is quite economical with his time and is
always searching - for a short method. He says
lie tries to do two clays' work in one and thus
live twice as long.
B I CRT HA MlLSTEAl)
Lucas
Stabat Mater.
After spending a short time at Kansas Wes-
leyan Bertha decided that Hays suited her bet-
ter. As a quencher of youthful exuberance
Bertha is in a class by herself.
Walter C. Wole
Ellis
Y. M. C. A.; Bachelor Hall.
Walter blew in at the beginning of the spring
term of '16 and has been blowing ever since.
He expects to remain in school next year.
Fern A. Reemsnyder
Hays
German Club ; Hockey ; Mixed Chorus.
Fern never has quite outgrown her Fresh-
man fear of cutting classes. Known as an
industrious student, we heartily recommend
her to anyone searching for an instructor in
Home Economics.
Hi lour Peterson
Monument
Chimes of Normandy; Creation; Stabat
Mater ; II Trovatore ; Elijah ; Hockey.
Yes, Pete is a Swede and of course light-
headed. Only in regard to color of hair of
course. tlildur only laughs when tickled
which is all the time.
“Oh, golly, kid ! that sure was great' — C. Dorney.
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Luster A. Wilson
McCracken
Track; Pageantry; Y, M. C. A.
Lester became one of the bunch in 1914. He
intends to pursue commercial work as a life
vocation- Tf the racket he makes on the type-
writer is any criterion he will be a success.
Min nt e Fern Peppiatt
Ellsworth
Basketball; Track; Hockey; Creation; Sta-
bat Mater; Elijah.
After hearing of the Fort Flays Normal, the
Kansas State Agricultural College no longer
had any attractions for Minnie. She became
one of our members in 1915. Next year will
be spent in teaching.
Mrs. E, FI. Hull
H ays
Pageantry ; Married.
Mrs. Hull had chosen him before coming to
Flays. The Springfield Missouri Normal
started her on her College career.
Charles Manly Granger
Portis
Bachelor Flail ; Y. M. C. A.
Charles got his start at Emporia Normal.
F'he pace there was too slow so he joined us
at the beginning of the year. A sod house on
a Colorado claim is his present ambition,
Ella M. Larson
Jamestown
Basketball ; Stabat Mater; Elijah.
“Jimmie” claims she has no spare time, as
all of it is occupied in looking after “Pinkie.*'
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"Only one 'guy' can get under my big hat" — F. Hays.
Alfred Marion Brown
Syracuse
Alfred has been with us during the summer
terms since 1913. He attended Missouri Wes-
leyan and Emporia Normal and then decided
that he should receive his life certificate here,
lie chose teaching for his life vocation.
Genevieve Dor n e y
Hays
Basketball; Track.
Genevieve joined our class in 1912. Her
endeavors for the next few years will be ex-
pended in the uplift of art.
Mary Jane O’Loughlin
Hays
Newman Club, Creation, German Club.
Jane is inclined to blame her luck for every
ill wind that blows but withal one would
scarcely suspect that she ever had any troubles
judging from her cheery disposition.
Elmer Dougherty
Codell
Eootball 15, '16.
Elmer is one of those all-round handy fel-
lows who is glad to give you a boost whenever
he can. He is most frequently found driving
the Normal jitney, feeding the dairy cows,
running foot races, writing arrow heads, or
making pies.
Anna Elizabeth Jepson
Eloxie
Hockey ; Track.
Anna is one of the girls in school who could
be classed as fickle. She seems to find it im-
possible to center her interests on any one boy.
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“ Gilliland interests me more than The Promised Land '* — Quint.
'
Anna Faye Hastings
Wakeeney
Hockey.
Anna has had easy sailing* during her col-
lege course. We were undecided as to whether
it was because of her studious nature of bluff-
ing. We finally decided that keeping early
hours was the cause.
Sarah McCarthy
Hays
German Club; Newman Club; Orchestra;
Elijah.
Sarah is another who chooses Home Eco-
nomics as her vocation. Those who know her
best are not at all surprised at this however.
She will leach next year.
Henry Sandy
Covert
Creation ; Stabat Mater ; T1 Trovatore ; Y. M.
C. A.; Assembly Committee; Literary Editor
Reveille.
Henry's three years at the Fort Hays Nor-
mal have been- busy ones. He is rightfully
noted as one of the most conscientious students
in school. There is no doubt as to his success
in his chosen profession of teaching.
Raymond E. Custer
Flays
Football T 6 ; Basketball T6 and *17; Labora-
tory Assistant.
After trying both the Missouri School of
Mines and the United States Military Acad-
emy Raymond finally settled here. Fie is ac-
quiring quite a name as a pedestrian, his spe-
cialty being a Walker.
Alta Beatrice Garrett
Hays
An American Citizen ; Basketball ; Tysta
Toser.
Alta shines as a star in dramatics. Her
specialty is the part of a married lady. A cer-
tain young man thinks so highly of her acting
that he is about to offer her a life position.
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Registrars Office — See General Sherman's definition of war.
Clair etta H a stt n gs
McCracken
Creation.
Although a city girl Claire is authority on
farm life. She demonstrated this in her de-
scription of a calf seen at the Fair Grounds.
For further particulars see Clarissa Mchfav.
.Harvey R. Reed
Monument
Bachelor Hall ; Band.
Harvey believes that nicer girls can be found
in the surrounding towns than at Ha vs. He
claims that only spite causes some of the boys
to say that he has to go out of town to get a
girl.
Thomas M. Mock
Flays
Basketball '14, ’IS. M 6; Band; Orchestra;
Assembly Committee; Bohemian Girl; An
American Citizen; Creation; Bachelor Hall;
Business Manager Reveille 47.
If it were not for the “tough propositions.’*
the disheartenings and worries Tom would
make good in Athletics, Music. Agriculture.
Girlology, Mechanical engineering. and
Psychology.
Julia Annette Keeler
Garden City
Art Club ; German Club; Country Life Com-
mission ; Basketball.
Julia will endeavor to uplift Art via the com-
mercial route. If she is as successful at this
as at illustrating her future is assured.
Elizabeth E. Bailey
Geneseo
Creation ; Elijah.
Elizabeth is one student who has transferred
her loyalty from our old rival Cooper to F. FI.
N. She will spend next year “at home.”
Judge for yourself.
The faculty — should be humanised ,J — Flunkers.
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Page - Ft Uv-n i ne
Jen nt I- Fessler
Palco
Creation; Stabat Mater; Elijah.
Jennie began her college education at the
Springfield Missouri Normal. She then went
to Emporia Normal. Fort Havs Normal called
to her and she at last located with a good
crowd.
Laura Dorotuy Kaiser
Timken
Orchestra, German Club.
Laura joined our rank in 1914 as a member
of the Sophomore Academy Class. Next year
will be devoted to teaching, after that “
Edna Mary Walker
Wakeeney
Creation ; Bachelor Hall ; Hockey ; Tvsta
Toser.
Edna is somewhat addicted to fads. Her
specialty is to make the color scheme in dress
match the color of the ink on certain days of
the week. Green is her favorite.
Ira H. Spencer
Penokee
Basketball '16, ' 17 . Captain T8; Creation;
Band; V. M. C. A.
By bis faith ye shall know him. Ira 1ms
faith in the motto. “There is one girl for every
boy."
Mai'; el R. Furbeck
Ellis
Creation; Stabat Mater; Elijah; Bachelor
Hall; Assembly Committee; Floe key : Tvsta
Toser.
Without doubt Mabel is one of the most
versatile musicians in school. Her greatest
single success was attained when she and John-
nie furnished the orchestra accompaniment for
the class play.
Practice Rooms — The source of “dates’' innumerable.
Anna Noll
Ransom
President German Club ; Track ; Y. W. C. A,
Anna was greatly worried for fear that the
photographer would fail to get a good picture
of the German Club. As there is danger that
soon there will be no Germans to take pictures
of we don't blame her.
Rose M. Heller
Hunter
Reveille Staff '17 ; Bohemian Girl ; Creation ;
Basketball ; PTockey ; Track; German Club;
Y. W. C. A.
According to Rose, many things must be
considered in choosing a farm. The texture
of the soil is of prime consideration.
PIatt tE Gertrude Lank
La Crosse
Creation; Bohemian Girl; Stabat Mater;
Elijah; II Trovatore; Tysta Toser.
Hattie used to make weekly visits home
after first enrolling. She has gotten over this,
however and now takes company with her
when she does go.
Roy E. Frey
Sylvan Grove
Debate, Gold Medal Winner *17; Yell Mas-
ter ; Bachelor Plall ; An American Citizen ;
Y. M. C. A.; Reveille Staff T 7.
If Roy were to ever plan to carry the citadel
to a girl's heart we wager he with his initia-
tive and resourcefulness would make a com-
plete success of the assault.
Bena Maye Morse
Gove
Bachelor Plall; Track Meet; Y. W. C. A.:
Assemblv Committee ; Library Assistant.
Bena claims that the choice of a vocation in-
volves many difficulties. You have to make
up vour own mind and then consider what he
will do. Then there is always the unexpected
to cope with.
Certainly women are foolish. God made -us so” — M. Chittenden.
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Ada Law
Hill City
Creation ; Elijah ; Feast of the Red Corn ;
II Trovatore; Assembly Committee; Y. W.
C. A.
With her cheerful disposition and merry
ways Ada is a prime favorite among her class-
mates.
Elizabeth Brown
Wakeeney
Creation ; Bohemian Girl.
Elizabeth is noted for her willingness to
engage in a scrap on all occasions. Withal
she is jolly and especially noted for her faith-
ful attendance at chorus rehearsals.
Ralph Reed
Hays
Bachelor Hall ; Art Editor Reveille ; An
American Citizen ; Rifle Club ; Library Assist-
ant.
Punk says: “I have been misnamed/' If
you don't believe it, ask the girls." The most
popular boy in school among the fair sex. He
lays it to his light hair.
Lula Fowler
Lucas
Bohemian Girl: Creation; Stabat Mater;
Faust.
Lula’s greatest worry was that she feared
that we would forget to mention that she had
played in four student recitals.
Carrie L. McKeovvn
Geneseo
Hockey ; Creation ; Stabat Mater.
Carrie believes her mission in life is to uplift
humanity through the instruction of the young.
We venture to prophecy that she will change
her mind.
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Co-eds — An untrustworthy, but necessary adjunct to a boy's education.
Edith Bo us log
Sharon Springs
Orchestra ; Bohemian Girl ; Creation ; II Tro-
vatore ; Elijah.
Edith hails from Sharon Springs. She says
it isn't her fault that she works the boys na-
ture made them for that purpose.
May Blasted
Logan
Creation; Stabat Mater; Elijah.
Coming from the breezy western plains* May
brought those characteristics with her. She is
studious and a special pet of the teachers.
Raymond Wfxty
Hill City
Basketball *16. '17, Captain '17; Athletic
Editor Reveille ? 17 ; K Club.
Since bis advent as a student at F. H. N.,
Raymond has been a source of worry to the
girls. None of them could decide on whom
his affection would finally be bestowed.
Emma M. T u acker
Bunker Hill
Basketball : Ladies’ Chorus; Hockey ; Track.
No, Emma didn't help throw the tea into
Boston Bay nor was she a Red Cross nurse
at the battle of Bunker Hill. She is a native
of Kansas.
Ethel Finley
St. Francis
Creat’on : Band.
Those who know say that Ethel can scream
louder than any girl in school. She is prover-
bial lv good n attired and reported to be en-
gaged.
Page Sixty- two
Tysta Tosers — A mutual benefit society for the promulgation of women's rights.
Stella Fike
Plainville
Creation.
After having her picture taken Stella left
school. We do not know whether this is the
after effect or not. She expects to be with the
class during commencement.
N. Jewell Wray
Fredonia
II Trovatore.
Jewell appeared in our midst just after New
Year's. She intends to teach next year. A
three year State Certificate will be the reward
of her semester's labors.
Esther Rermsnyder
Flays
Esther was afraid she wouldn't look well in
a cap and gown so refused to take out her
Life Certificate this year. We expect her to
have more courage by the time she gets her
degree.
Lester L. Poland
Colby
Y. M. C. A. ; President A. P. E. S. ; Crea-
tion.
Lester is one of the real gentle boys of the
class. He can't help it because the teachers
fall for his studious appearance. If hours
spent in preparation counted he probably
would carry away a record of all E's.
Guv Ordway
Plainville
An American Citizen; Football '16.
Guy came to us after one year at Drake.
If you question his popularity just take an
inspection trip through the hall or into the
Auditorium. Since the name Plays seems to
appeal to him we expect to see him again next
year.
■ Page &ixiy-threc
Advertising — a nightmare that haunts me stdi" — Frey.
George E, Bear
Russell
Baseball '08, '09, T3; Assembly Committee;
Married.
Teddy chose to come to the Normal years
ago. Later he chose a life pardner. Several
years were spent in teaching and finally Teddy
decided he could do no better than join the
class of T9.
Eunice M. Eyler
Dorrance
Orchestra, Violin Quartette, Feast of the
Red Corn.
Eunice expects to remain a loyal Normal ite
at least one more year. Eunice is a prime
favorite among the students, although insin-
cere, being somewhat inclined to Mock.
Page Sixty-four
Alumni — Champion exponents of “Nozv when f was in school ”
Anna Feitz
Hays
Pet Phrase — None.
Fate tried to conceal her by naming her
Anna.
Jesse Humphries
Plays
Pet Phrase — Watch me go.
Pie is inclined toward analysis.
Earl Stock
Pet Phrase — "Aw ! give it a boneA
Has any man a fit quotation for this mortal
frame?
Forrest Hays
Otis
Pet Phrase — “Say, guy A
That cool possession of herself.
Page Sixty- five
Power House — The recipient of many New Year's Blessings.
Harold Gilliland
Hill City
Pet Phrase — “My grace is sufficient for me."
And lie loved keeping company.
Doris M fddlekahff
Hays
Pet Phrase — “You tell 'em that was some
spill."
This maid is given to laugh and glee.
Grace Qutnt
Hill City
Pet Phrase — “Well, Pll be jiggered."
Timid arid shy as a dainty blue bell.
Charles Boles
Oakford, Ind.
Pet Phrase — “Pll be horn s waggled.”
Now a Law- less man.
Merle Caswell
McDonald
Pet Phrase — "For the love of Mike."
A winning way, a pleasant smile.
John D, Callahan
Burr Oak
Pet Phrase — “Aw, cut it out.”
On studying are my only thoughts.
Page Sixty -six
School Gardens — “foot all green things grow there ” — Matthew
f
Hazel Moore
Hays
Pet Phrase — "Oh, bliss
Plas another lass such raven hair?
I, E \Y LS M C F A R L A N D
Lincoln
Pet Phrase — "Who says so?"
Pie excels at fussing-.
Herman J. Drilling
Victoria
Pet Phrase — “Golly Moses."
Would that others knew me as I am.
Vtnnie Brandt
Morland
Pet Phrase — “My stars!"
Always found doing the best she can.
Hazel Loelin
Pet Phrase — “Oh ! honey.”
Silent, steadfast and demure.
Fred N. Archer
Great Bend
Pet Phrase — “I am happy as long as I have
a nickel."
Life is just one case after another.
Page Sixty-seven
'Now moisten the Ups, please " — The Photographer,
Charles Yeagy
Plainville
Pet Phrase — “Oh ! gee.”
Quiet of manners with kind face.
Blanche Puriton
Banner
Pet Phrase — “Well, for .goodness sakes.”
So sweet in temper that the very stars shine
soft upon her.
Elizabeth Noll
Ransom
Pet Phrase— “Ask her.”
Small of stature, large of mind.
Leslie Tilly
Ransom
Pet Phrase — “Oh, you kiddo.”
Pie delights in'pleasing his teachers.
Harry Meade
Palco
Pet Phrase — “Oh ! Prunes.”
Little .we know what he thinks and dreams.
Agnes McCammon
Almena
Pet Phrase — “Pluh??”
Woman’s work, grave sirs, is never done.
i
Page Sixty -eight
Anneal Staj-f — “A bigoted bunch of narrow minded skates ' — Ti-ie Students.
Margaret Chittenden
Hays
Pet Phrase — “Just wait and see!”
On studying are my only thoughts.
Clgve Gardels
Plainville
Pet Phrase — “Quack! quack!”
He's as solemn as a judge.
Rex Welty
Hill City
Pet Phrase — “Cheer up ! the worst is yet to
come.”
Always faithful to the girl in Hill town.
In the Freshman class he 611s his place.
Flossie Vinson
Floxie
Pet Phrase — “Is he married?”
Small of stature, large of mind, in fund or
frolic she's not behind.
Mary Norris
Randall
Pet Phrase — “Caesar.”
A maid she is for quiet wavs.
Emerson Felts
Winona
Pet Phrase — Unprintable.
And in his eyes as dark as night lurks hid-
den mischief silently.
Page Sixty-nine
The Leader — “ Maintained for the purpose of advertising ‘Happy' and P. Caspar ”
Journalism Class.
J i - well Fish
La Crosse
Pet Phrase — ,f I am a jewel! in more than
name."
And the anglers were many.
Pearl Wilson
Hays
Pet Phrase — “Oh ! Pickles.''
Willing always to work or play,
Doing whatever good she may.
John Noll
Pet Phrase — “Well now, Mr. Parker, don't
you think.''
Call me scholar, let that be my praise.
Glenn Archer
Great Bend
Pet Phrase — ‘'You tell 'em."
What is there that can satisfy the endless
craving of the soul ?
Kate Armstrong
Mori and
Pet Phrase— '‘Oh, gosh ! Kid/ 1
She's as jolly as she looks.
Edna Fuller
Hill City
Pet Phrase — You know what I mean.
Studiously inclined but not often.
Page $ event
u Henry Graham can concoct more vile smells than any other person in the lab '’ —
''Mike'' Hamilton.
Fannie Da v k n port
Oakley
Pet Phrase — Wouldn't that give you the
willies ? M
She always gives three cheers for the team
and then three and a “tiger" for “Glermy."
Zula Beouc;her
Grinned
Pet Phrase — "Well."
She tries to do what she thinks is right.
Edna De ardor f
Geneseo
Pet Phrase — “I know T shall perish."
Earnest (ly) she seeks an cl endeavors to
conq ner.
Lynn McCord
Codell
Pet Phrase — "Ouch."
Corporal of spud peeling squad at the club.
Mary I. Brijll
Hays
Pet Phrase- — “Well, isn't that the limit."
Winning is her way and pleasant is her
smile.
Alexander A. Biekfr
Sclioenchen
Pet Phrase — "Never heard."
Always silent.
Page Seventy-one
“Now I never develop a case” — Tvviselton.
I-
Lulu Meade
Palco
Pet Phrase — “Wait a minute/'*
To be slow in words is a woman's only vir-
tue.
Lynn Ordway
Damar
Pet Phrase — “Lack of time to write them.”
Pie knows not the joy of labor.
Francis Brown
Hill City
Pet Phrase — “You mutt.”
Sense, shortness and salt.
Zelda Powell
Almena
Pet Phrase — “For cat’s sake!”
She’s little, but great.
Elsie Ordway
Damar
Pet Phrase- — Ask her.
Quiet but full of business.
Levrgtt Johnson
Hays
Pet Phrase— “Now, see here.”
He does indeed show some sparks of wit.
Page Seventy-two
"Women ought to stand up for their rights'’ — Groff.
Nettie An spa ugh
Dorrance
Pet Phrase — ''Oh! dog gonit/*
Content to do her duty and find in duty done
a full reward.
Jessie Gosser
Hays
Pet Phrase — “For the love of Job/ 1
Shy and bashful.
Goldie Cummings
Grainfield
Pet Phrase — “Oh, fudge/’
A daintier lass could ne’er be found.
Ernest Mock
Hays
Pet Phrase — “Oh ! that dear girl.”
His favorite fruit — dates.
Sarah Van Antwerp
Scott City
Pet Phrases — -“Goodness gracious.”
The mildest manner and the gentlest heart.
Dora Meistrell
Plainville
Pet Phrase' — “Aw ! that ain't so.”
Plappy they are on whom she smiles.
Page Seventy-three
“ Good l butter can't be made out of bad cream " — Herman.
Reinhardt Noel
Ransom
Pet Phrase— “The dickens/'
Expert knowledge of all things.
Do rot h y Ora n t h a m
Lnray
Pet Phrase — T hate to tell/'
For if she will she will and there’s an end
on it.
Gladys Noland
Hays
Pet Phrase — “Oh ! my !’*
Ernest, gentle and kind.
Jack Middlekauff
Havs
Pet Phrase— “???????”
Night after night he sat and bleared his eyes
with books.
Evadna C. Kraus
Hays
Pet Phrase — “Dorn !”
Winning is her way and pleasant is her
smile.
Ad nes Phillips
B unker PI ill
Pet Phrase — “Oh ! Gosh / 5
The power of laughing is irresistible.
Page Seventy -tour
“I will alloiv no man to monopolize my time * — Harmon,
M. Cecelta Dorney
I- fays
Pet Phrase— “Oli, golly."
An unsophisticated little imp.
Rufus Reynolds
Codell
Pet Phrase— ‘Oh ! Hully gee."
Not yet old enough for a man nor young
enough for a boy.
Pauline L. Here
Hays
Pet Phrase — 'That makes me tired."
A sweet and quiet gracefulness.
Carrie Meyer
Hays
Pet Phrase — 11 Mv sakes."
A maiden Priscilla.
La von a L. Kraus
Hays
Pet Phrase — "I forgot.’
And the green Grass grew all around.
Alice C. Craic,
Hays
Pet Phrase — ‘AVampus kiddie/'
Who shall preserve thee and keep thee as
thou art ?
“Well, now if 1 had my zvay
■Carl Clark.
rnrrnrrfl]
Claude M. Gordon
Penokee
Pet Phrase — “Shocking/"
Pfe's the (Happy) of the Freshman class.
A favorite alike with lad and lass.
Mabel Blender
Hays
Pet Phrase — “Rats/ 1
Never absent, never tardy.
E R N EST [ N E E I-E LDS
Plays
Pet Phrase — Oh ! Fudge,
She just can't make her eves behave.
Page Seventy-six
Men, Poof!'"— Sowash
Academj)
EALIZING that some of the young people of Western Kansas
have been denied the opportunity of acquiring a high school edu-
cation until they have reached an age where it is embarrassing
for them to attend the county high schools, the Tort Hays Kan-
sas -Normal School maintains an academic department to meet
the needs of these students. The courses offered in the academy
are similar to those offered in the accredited high schools of the
state. Fifteen units work is required of each student graduating
from the course.
The academy is a part of the Normal proper. The students attend classes
in the same building and are taught by the same instructors as the students of Col-
lege rank. The students in this department have all the privileges allowed to the
college students with a few exceptions. They are adnrtted to membership on the
athletic teams. Some of the best football material in school is recruited from the
Academy Department. The students in this department are often chosen as mem-
bers of the student assembly committee. The academy classes have equal repre-
sentation with the college classes in the student council. Members of the depart-
ment take active part in the student assembly programs and in the different operas
and oratorios given by the school. The students in tlr's department as a rule are
as loyal in supporting the activities of the school as the students of higher rank.
The work in the department is somewhat in excess of that required in simi-
lar courses in high schools. The students being more mature are required to do
more reference work and assignments that cal) for initiative on the part of the indi-
vidual are made. The graduate of the academy course is given full credit in any
college or university in the State.
Page Seventy-nine
r 'Nozt> this is the important part" — Read,
Harry Stock says he is picked on by the ladies.
Page Eighty
Senior Academy
Class Colors : Red and White
Class Motto : Excelsior.
MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Elsie May Smith Jessie E. Tuttle
William Dewees
William Dewees
Wesley Grout. . .
Esther Larson . ,
Anthony Jacobs.
E. E. Collyer
OFFICERS
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
. , Scrgeant-at-Arms
Class Sponsor
Bemis, Ralph W.
Bissing, Albert M.
Brull, Agnes
Davies, Ruth
Deardorf, Chloe Belle
Dewees, William
Forrest James
Gillig, Arthur
Grubb, Valeria
Grout, Wesley B.
CLASS ROLL
Halblieb, Margaret
Jacobs, Anthony
Kraus, Lavona L.
Kiser, S. Larue
Larson, Esther
McCarrol, Rosella
Mertes, Louis
Ottken, Esther
Ottken, Arthur
Pierson, Tressa
Smith, Elsie May
Spoon, Faye
Stone, Julia
Stone, Anna Belle
Stone Ephia
Taylor, Margaret
Truan, Edaesther
Tuttle, Jessie
Wanker, Garland
Page Eighty- one
{ T am just rushed to death " — E. Shively.
1
Junior Academy
Class Colors: Red and White.
jl
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1
1
V,
Class Motto: “We will.”
1
MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
JoiTX McKn'IGET
Perle Tilley
Mattie Dazey
OFFICERS
Peru: Tilley
President
W. B- Compton-
Vice-President
Frieda Helm
. . .Secretary -Treasurer
G EO RC I N A Wool' E N
CLASS ROLL
Class Sponsor
I
Bailey, Ruth
Glanville, Benjamin
McK night, John
Barnett, Iva
Grover, Leah
Mock, Mary
Betts, Ollie
Harvey, Charles
Neff, Eva
Breitweiser, Fred
Helm, Frieda
Nelson, William
Bruner, Robert
ITenley, Agnes
Reidel, John
Callison, Florence
Husband, Rose
Sandlin Mary
Callison, May
Jepson, Fred
Shutts, Ethel
Clark, Lindsay
Koons, Myrtle
Stein, Mildred
Compton, Wylie
Kutina, George
Tilley, Perle
Crissman, Flester
Landon, Mable
Torrey, Inez
Dazev, Mattie
1
Lindquist, John F.
Page Eighty-three
Jack Blce — Never is absent minded .
Soph I
omore
Acad'
envy
Colors: Red and Gray.
MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Mary Spencer Rutt-i Small
Ben W run a ms
OFFICERS
Ben Will tams President
Mary Spencer Vice-Prcsidcn I
Grace Ewing Secretary
Morris Mock Treasurer
Robert Spencer S erg eon t- at- Arms
Joseph Henning Yell Leader
L. D, Wooster Class Sponsor
CLASS ROLL
Abel, George Ewing, Lionel Manaugh, Mollie
Arnold, Olive Giesick, Alexander Madsen, Fred
Barber, Lila Hargitt, Thomas ' Manaugh, Frank
Baier, Elizabeth Hays, Granville Pangburn, Mildred
Blazier, Gladys Hays, Winifred Pruitt, William
Bell. Blanche Harold, Floward Schwindt, Pete
Beleke. Ella Flawkins, Dolph Sherwood, Eva
Bott, Adam Herman, Neil Spencer, Mary
Brull, Anna Hite, Bertha Small, Ruth
Close, Frances Herman, Zel Smith, Walter
Close, Myrtle Howard. Bertha Stone, Clara
Cook, Mary Jepson, George Stone, Kate
Davis, Charles Koons, Alta Thompson, Alma
Ekey, Edwin Law, Edward Tuttle, Leonard
Ewing, Grace Lewis, Charles Warner, Iva
Page Eighty- five
“Why. 1 only got pp in that last test ' J — Connelly.
Freshman Academy
CJass Colors: Orange and White
MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Karl King
John Huck
Thomas Em el
OFFICERS
John Huck
Thomas Em el
Vice-President
Ralph Wilds
Secretary -Treasurer
f ames Smith
Britts Harris
CLASS ROLL
Class Sponsor
Atkinson, John
Grantham, Eugene
Marzolf, Olive
Reougher, Emery
Goetz, Clara
Meier. Albert
Brietel, Mike
Grunwald. Elma
Neff, Bert
Brungardt, Ben
Hjrle, Joseph
Rogers, Flora
Brock, Solomon
Henning, Steve
Steele, Lyle
Brumitt, Rulh
Herman, Calvin
Smith, Walter
Clark, Anna Bell
Hoff. J. Margaret
Smith, James
Clark, Almeda
Jorgenson, Fred
Staab, Philomene
Click, Elanor
Kofel, William
Stadter, Pearl
Dreiling, Pauline
King, Karl
Thompson, Belle
Dreher, Mathew
Knowles, Mildred
Von field, Frank A.
D riding, Reynard
Klenk, Frank
Womer, Ethel
D rieling. Edmond
Knowles, Carl
Wright, Creta
Em el, Idiom as
Lauman, Ruth
Weigel, Ida
Ferguson, Clarence
Leighton, Bill
Watts, Florence
Fleming, Maggie
Musgrave, Ray
Wonderlick, Elta
Fuller, Frank
Murphy. Emma
Wilds, Ralph
FroeJich, Leona
Mummert, Nellie
Pape Eighty- seven
'‘What need have l for a soulmate when I have my violin " — Felten.
Mabel Furreck
Ellis
Piano Certificate
‘'What her heart thinks , her tongue speaks "
M A H R E E H A M ILTON
Piano Certificate
"A maiden never bold , a spirit still, and quiet.'*
Euntce Eyleb
Public School Music Certificate
'‘She's a quiet girl— at times."
Ll’cile Felten
Piano Certificate
"Quietly she works away, faithful to
each duty "
Page Eighty-eight
"Rubies gleam the brighter when shining f rom a distance " - -Albertson.
Kathryn Jacobs
Piano Certificate
" Blest with plain reason and sober sense:’
Lula Fowler
Public School Music Certificate
“A merry heart maketh a cheerful
countenance A
Edith Bo us log
Public School Music Certificate
"She puts her worries down in the bottom of
her heart , sits on the lid and smiles A
Ernestine Fields
Piano Certificate
“ There is music in her soul A
Ethel Robinson
Public School Music Certificate
“ A human Declaration of Independence A
Page E igh ty-nine
tc Certainly , l never bluff ’" — Whistnant,
“Come on, boys, I'll shoot a nickel ivith you" — Ri:x Welty.
Pngc NiiiPiy
P a g c_X i/i riy-one
FORSYTH LIBRARY
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Student Assembly
MEN President Lewis took charge of the Fort Hays Kansas
Normal School and began to shape its future the old methods of
having a daily chapel exercise was abolished and in its place was
substituted the twice a week Student Assembly. This assembly
is in charge of the organized student body on Thursday of each
week. The officers consist of a chairman, a first and second
v'ce-chairnian and a secretary-treasurer. These officers are
elected for a term of tea weeks by the students. Their duties
consist of the preparation of the weekly program, the supervi-
sion and the expenditure of all moneys of the organized student
assembly and conducting of elections by which their successors are chosen. The
chairman presides over all meetings and may call special meetings at his discretion.
The purpose of the organization is to give the students training in conduct-
ing community movements in appearing before a crowd and in the discussion of
affairs pertaining to their own conduct and welfare. This organization has had
more influence in welding the students together into a composite whole and fos-
tering the proper sort of school spirit than any other unit of the school organi-
zation.
office:
George Bear, Chairman
Henry Sandy
Leo Bice
Rena Llarmon
Thomas Mock,
Ben Williams
Julius Johnson
Alice Beeby
J. P. Callahan, Chairman
Mrs. Sadie Keeler
.Henry Sandy
Mable Fur beck
Glenn Archer, Chairman
Emerson Felts
Ada Law
Ben a Morse
irman
Raymond Custer, Chairman
Mildred Hamilton
William Devvees
Mary Spencer
Page Nine ty-two
“The saddest of trials — being the wife of a professor * — Etrpx Sullivan.
f
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Reveille Staff
Ralph Archer Managing Editor
Henry Sandy , Literary Editor
Thomas Mock B itsin ess M an ager
Ralph Reed Art Editor
Raymond Welty Athletic Editor
Julius Johnson Jokes and Calendar
Roy E. Frey Advertising Manager
Rosy. M . Heller Circulation M ana g er
'Page Ninety- three
Asskmp.lv Op piculs.
Page Ninety-four ,{
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REVEILLE STAFF.
; Pa fie Ninety- five
“The saddest of trials — being the wife of a professor * — Ethel Sullivan.
Fort Hays Kansas KJormal School Band
Guy L. Knurr, Conductor
Cornets
Harry Stock
John Dewees
Glenn Archer
Charles Dazey
Basses
W esley Grout
John Me Knight
Trombones
Ralph Bemis
Janies Forrest
Morris Mock
Leverett Johnson
Horn
Fred Archer
Asa King
Leo Bice
Claude Gordon
Joseph Henning
Bass Trombone
Dolph Hawkins
Baritone
Thomas Mock
Clarinet
R. L. Parker
Wilfred Dorney
Ignatius Rupp
Fred Albertson
Harold Gilliland
Elmer Moore
Flute
Edward Law
Flute and Piccolo
Julius Johnson
Oboe
Earl Stock
Drums
Perle Til lev
Benjamin Glanville
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“Oh, yes, I like some of my professors'' — K. O'Louohlin.
Page Ninety-six
Tke Leader
ARCH 18, 1908, the first issue of the Leader appeared on the
Fort Hays Kansas Normal Campus. This first issue was a small
eight page, magazine style paper, known as the Western Normal
Leader, and was printed every two weeks. The vision of the
editors in those days has been realized for it soon became an es-
tablished institution and is indeed, not only the Western Normal
Leader, but The Leader among the papers of its kind.
Since the appearance of that first issue The Leader has had
many experiences, all being caused by the struggle for a higher
goal. Every editor had high ambitions and the face of the little sheet was changed
accordingly. Today it appears in the regular newspaper style with four pages.
In 191 5 the management was changed. In place of an editor in chief and busi-
ness manager a managing editor is elected. A class in journalism furnishes all
the copy and in this way a greater variety of news is obtained.
It is controlled by a board of five members, two faculty members and three
students including the managing editor. The Leader believes that its mission is
to take the lead in championing school activities and pointing out the mistakes and
faults that exist.
Page Ninety-seven
" Don't say ain't " — K. McLain.
En TOY INC II Trovatore
Page N inely-eigfil
Eujah Chorus
II T rcntato re
(G. Verdi)
Musical Director Mr. Henry Edward Malloy
Dramatic Director Miss Olive Slingluff
Stage Manager Mr. E. B. Matthew
Mistress of the Wardrobe Miss Elizabeth Condit
Cast of ti-ie Opera
Count di Luna (Baritone) Mr. Ottley Cranston
Leonora (Soprano) Mrs. Louise Collier Cranston
Azucena (Mezzo) Miss Helen Pestana
Manrico (Tenor) Mr. Archibald Todd
Ferrando (Bass) Mr. Lyman D. Wooster
Inez (Soprano) Miss Mathilde Meier
Ruiz (Tenor) Mr. Walter B'. Roberts
An Old Gypsy (Bass) Mr. Earl Stock
Leonora's Companions, Nuns, Soldiers. Gypsies.
CHORUS
Sopranos
Clara Brooks Frieda ETelm Agnes Philips.
Alice Craig Ada Law Ruth Small
Fannie Davenport Hattie Lank Jewell Wray
Ruth Davis Mathilda Meier Georgina Wooton
Altos
Kate Armstrong Edna Fuller Hildur Peterson
Edith B'ouslog* Mildred Hamilton Esther Rippey
Elizabeth Condit Joy Hildebrand
Blanche Connelly Minnie Hilton
T enors
Fred Archer Leverett Johnson
Glenn Archer Charles Lewis
Emery Beougher Elmo Meade
Jack Middlekauff John Dewees
Emerson Felts Zelmo Herman
Harold Gilliland
Basses
Albert Bissing John McKnight Robert Spencer
Benjamin Glanville Ernest Mock Earl Stock
John Huck Flenry Sandy Leo Stock
Accompaniment by the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School Orchestra.
Page Ninety-nine
' Now j nave an opinion on that"— Hu&sey.
Golden Belt Educational Association
OFFICERS
H. Coover, Ellsworth , President
Lcruis Christiansen, Hays Vice-President
y
Maude McMindes, Hays Secretary
Joseph A. Keelog, Ogallah Treasurer
HE GOLDEN BELT EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION has
come to be recognized by the students as one of the activities of
the school year in which they should participate. The member-
ship of the association is made up of the teachers in Ellsworth,
Russell, Ellis, Rush. Gove. Rooks, Logan, Wallace, Trego, and
Graham counties. The meetings are held in March of each year,
the purpose being to uplift the profession of teaching and better
the present methods of instruction. In pursuance of this pur-
pose, lecturers of national reputation are engaged each year.
Teachers who have won the right to be recognized as the leaders in their special
line of work address the round tables. Interest is stimulated by contests in read-
ing. music, spelling, nature study, short story writing, agriculture, household eco-
nomics, manual training', and public school art. That these meetings are being
recognized as important factors in the education of the youth of today is shown by
the constantly increasing enrollment at each succeeding session.
The association has selected Hays as its meeting place partly because it is
centrally located and principally because it is the only town in the district with
buildings large enough to adequately house the meeting. The buildings of the
Fort Llays Kansas Normal School are thrown open to the use of the association
and the citizens of Llays hospitably open their homes to the visitors. The students
participate in the activities of the meetings and the school acts as host to the
visiting teachers in entertainments given each evening of the session. This year
the Grand Opera “II Trovatore” was given the first night by a chorus of forty
students and eight soloists, three of whom were imported especially for the occa-
sion. The play, ‘‘An American Citizen,” furnished the entertainment the second
evening. The association this year broke all previous records for attendance and
the largest crowd ever assembled for an indoor entertainment in the western part
of the state witnessed the rendition of ‘T1 Trovatore 5 ' in Sheridan Coliseum.
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1T UJ course 1 realize they can't resist me — “Cap” Cummings.
Lucille Tel ton
Elmo Meade
Normal School Orchestra
H. E. Malloy, Director
Clara Malloy, Concert Mistress
First Violins
Perle Tilley Kathryn O’Loug'hlin
Mabel Twiselton Eunice Eyler
Leslie Tilley
Second Violins
Mary Beeby Alma Thompson
Minnie Hilton
Viola
Mathilda Meier
Elsie Grass
Sara McCarthy
Julia Keeler
Basses
Asa King
Cellos
Margaret Shaffer Alexander Meier
Oboe
Earl Stock
Thomas Wood
Horn
Fred Archer
Flute
Julius Johnson
Clarinet
F. W. Albertson
Piano
Edith Bouslog
Cornet Trombone
Harry Stock Thomas Mock
Glenn Archer Ralph Bemis
Drums
Benjamin Glanville
Leverett Johnson
Wilfred Dorney
Tympani
James Callahan
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'* Wouldn't that kill you J — McNay.
Tysta Toser
BUNCH of twelve jolly girls who were always planning for a
good time, decided to organize a club. This club is the Tysta
Toser (The Quiet Maidens), with Miss Helen Pestana as
chaperon.
“Pesty" is the good sport, a perfect instigator of "pep" for
the merry twelve. “Tommy's" range of voice is extraordinarily
large at any basket or football game. “Bobby" can sing a tune
but it is kept within the limits of practice room or auditorium.
“Hattie" is always happy but happier at the week end, after the
jitney train comes down from Ellis. “Dutch" is always busy accompanying some-
one. “Babbling Brooks" and “Bugs" tested the Ford to see if it was really made
of sardine cans. “Pete's" a Swede, that's the reason she grins and roughs them
up in basketball. “Fuller" has a coquettish smile which no one can withstand.
“Edna." the good natured. is interested in historical tilings, such as General
Custer. “Garrett," the basketball center, studies as she plays and is the “sport"
of the bunch. “Lula" studies and studies, but certainly likes gum. “Bousie"
wears the diamond. “My papa gave it to me."
11 Now tf all men were alike " — Bessie Bailey.
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Music
HE MUSIC DEPARTMENT of the Fort Hays Kansas' Normal
School believes that the best means of developing community
spirit and interest in community projects is offered by the bring-
ing of the individuals of the community together through com-
munity music. The activities of the department are directed to-
ward this end. The students are given training that will enable
them to organize the people of the locality in which they may be
teaching, into bands, orchestras and choruses. In order that the graduate may
have an appreciation of good music some of the best musical organizations and
finest musicians of the country are brought here. Besides this classes in apprecia-
tion are offered. Practical training in participation in choruses, orchestras and
band organization is given.
The first musical production of the year was the rendition of Rossini’s Stabat
Mater by a chorus of 140 voices and four soloists, accompanied by the Normal
School orchestra during the evening of Governor’s Day. The second event was
the presentation of an operetta. “The Feast of the Red Corn,” by the ladies’
chorus. This operetta was given during the Farmers’ and Housekeepers’ Short
Course.
The band is an organization that it rightfully as popular among the students
as any organization in school. The members are given instruction that will en-
able them to organize and lead bands in the schools in which they may be teaching.
Concerts were given at various times during the school year by the band.
The orchestra is one of the live organizations of the school. It meets regu-
larly and does service in playing at different social events of the school year, at
forensic contests and accompanying the various operas and choruses given by the
school. The orchestra is often called upon to make trips to surrounding towns
and give concerts.
The greatest event of the school year and probably the most pretentious mu-
sicale ever attempted by a state school in Kansas was the presentation of the opera
“II Trovatore.” This opera was given complimentary to the Golden Belt Teach-
ers, March 23. The chorus was composed entirely of Normal students. The or-
chestra played the accompaniment.
The Piano Department ranks as one of the important divisions of the Music
Department. One hundred students are enrolled in this department. This is the
first time the school has graduated any students from the Music Department. This
year ten students will be graduated in music.
Pay e One hundred thr t'-e-
“When 1 get to he an old maid schooling am 7 ' — Jennie Fessler.
Alumni Association
OFFICERS
Mrs. T. M. Wood
Margaret Boomer
E. H. Cummings
Alovstus Beiker
President
Vice-President
Secretary
.... Treasurer
ERHAPS the greatest asset of any school is its alumni. The
Alumni Association of the Fort Hays Kansas State Normal
School now has over 300 members. It is rapidly becoming a
force that must be reckoned with. The Alumni of this institu-
tion are vitally concerned with the welfare of their Alma Mater.
They want to see the institution progress and become a power
in the state and nation. This spirit has recently been manifested
by a general desire on the part of the members of the association
for a stronger and more systematic organization. In the past,
the alumnus who desired to render any service for his Alma Mater was generally
forced to work individually. Work of this nature when done in such manner is
usually not very effective or far reaching. In order to bring about a more effective
and efficient system, the association this year has taken a great step towards bet-
ter organization and closer relationship.
For the first time in its history the association has issued a publication. Al-
though the committee appointed to do this work was handicapped in a great many
ways it has published a booklet which it is hoped will be instrumental in pro-
moting a movement for a regular alumni publication of some sort. The members
of the association are scattered widely throughout the U. S. and into some of the
foreign nations. The only way by which a majority of these can keep in touch
with affairs concerning their Alma Mater and their fellow-alumnus is through the
medium of a publication. It is believed that a publication by keeping the mem-
bers informed in regard to things of common interest will strengthen the bond of
fellowship and the spirit of loyalty which now exists.
The ‘'Annual Plome-Coming Banquet” which occurs during the meeting of
the Golden Belt Teachers' Association affords a splendid opportunity of getting
together and discussing and deciding on measures that are to be carried out by the
association. The meeting this year was a very successful one as it marked the
beginning of several movements which are destined to put the association on a
firm basis and make it a power in all of its undertakings. .
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‘ Slip me the makings” — W. Dorney.
HE OLD English custom of holding a May Day festival in honor
of the goddess of spring and flowers was observed at the Fort
Hays Normal School, May thirty-first. This event took place
on the banks of Big Creek. A beautiful bower was built of
boughs of trees and flowers. The May Queen was escorted to
her throne in this bower by her attendants. She was crowned
and then the usual ceremonies were performed. The various
dances were given by members of the gymnasium classes, the contests in archery
and wrestling were held and the winners were appropriately rewarded by the
queen. The festivities ended with the winding of the May Pole. The costumes
were of the old English style which helped to preserve the idea of the tradition
by means of which the spirit of the festival has been perpetuated.
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May Fete
''He still thinks I am perfectly adorable' ' — Mcnnle Helm-Hilton.
1 / J 1 r 1 1 • r- ' - -
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T.
W. C. A. Membership
Elsie M. Smith
Edna Walker
Tressa Pierson
Zula Beougher
Ada Law
Margaret Taylor
Alma Thompson
Ethel Robinson
Bessie Bailey
Hester Crissman
Inez Torrey
Bertha Mil stead
Mable Landon
Vinnie Brandt
Frances Close
Merle Caswell
Mrs. Gallion
Ruth Brummit
Ruby Gosser
Goldie Cummings
Jewell Wray
Esther Shively
Hattie Lank
Irene Cloud
Eunice Evler
Elizabeth Noll
Dora Meistrell
Mrs. Lewis
Zelda Powell
Esther Larson
Joy Hildebrand
Anna Noll
Blanche Purinton
Mildred Hamilton
Gladys Noland
Clarissa McNay
Mrs. Harris
Rachel L. White
Ruth B. Davis
Lucile Felton
Anna Jepson
Sara Van Antwerp
Minnie Peppiatt
Frieda Plelm
Lulu M. Bice
Julia Keeler
Anna Hastings
Bena Morse
Minnie Hilton
Eva Neff
Dor thv Grantham
Blanche Connelly
M. Chittenden
Mary Plow ell
Dora Groff
Anna Fitz
Mary Mock
Agnes McCammon
Charlotte Hussey
Deanv E. Pruessner
Carrie McKeown
Julia Stone
Nettie L. An spa ugh
Fannie Davenport
Pearl Wilson
Anna B. Stone
Edna Deardorf
Rose M. Pie Her
Violet Moore
Ethel Shutts
Eleanor Click
Agnes PTenley
Olive Run von
Mrs. C. A. Shively
Gladys Blazier
Myrtle Close
Mable Twiselton
Jewell Eish
Ella Larson
Grace Ouint
Clara L. Wolfe
Flossie Vinson
Ethel Warner
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“Men have no privileges we couidnt have if zve wanted them” — Thacker.
Young Women’s Christian Association
HE YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of
the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School was organized March 3,
1917. under the direction of the field secretary, Miss Lucy Riggs.
The purpose of this association is five-fold : To unite the
women of the school in loyalty to Jesus Christ, to lead them to
accept Him as their personal Saviour, to build them up in the
knowledge of Christ, to associate them with the students of the
world for the advancement of the Kingdom of God and to further seek to enlist
their devotion to the Christian Church and to further the religious and social work
of the institution.
The Association has a membership of almost a hundred of the young women.
All are interested and live co-workers. The Advisory Committee is made up of
nine members chosen from the women of the faculty, wives of faculty members
and women of the town. The voting powers and office holding is vested in those
members who belong to Protestant Evangelical churches.
The cabinet officers are: President, Ruth B. Davis; Vice-President, Ada
Law; Secretary, Julia Stone; Treasurer, Pearl Wilson; Membership Committee,
Ada Law; Religious Meetings, Rose Heller; Bible Study, Ella Larson; Mission-
ary, Mable Landon ; Finance, Dorthy Grantham; Social, Margaret Chittenden;
Association News, Grace Quint.
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n ' Please don't throiv bread 11 — Milstead.
Y. M. C. A. Cabinet
OFFICERS
Britts Harris
Henry Sandy
Fred Albertson . . .
Secretary
Charles Boles. . . .
MEMBERSHIP
Joe Henning
John Lindquist -
Arthur Ottken
Raymond Custer
Raymond W el tv
E. L. Fink
Ralph Wilds
Thos. Mock
Walter Wolf
Lester Poland
LaRue Kiser
Carl Clark
Harold Gilliland
William Dewees
C. J. Smith
William Kofel
Francis Brown
John McKnight
John Callahan
Lester Wilson
Edward Law
Claude Gordon
Louis McFarland
John Dewees
Chas. Granger
W. W. Sullivan
Britts Harris
Chas. Dazey
Frank Sullivan
Henry Sandy
Chas. Harvey
Steve Henning.
Geo. Bear
Perle Breitweiser
Leslie Tilley
John Noll
Frank Manaugh
Garland Wanker
Chas. Boles
Ralph Bemis
Emery Beougher
Bert Neff
Samuel Wagner
Alexander Geissick
Ernest Mock
Frank Klenk
Elmer Dougherty
Ralph Reed
Fred Breitweiser
Lindsey Clark
John Huck
Guy Or d way
Ralph Archer
Ira Spencer
Roy F rey
T. M. Wood
Asa King
W. A. Lewis
L. D. Wooster
C. A. Shively
Fred Albertson
Burton Clark
E. B. Matthews
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" / do despise studying* ■ — Brasted.
Young Men’s Christian Association
HE BIGGEST move made during the last year in the interest
of the religious and social life of the young men in this institu-
tion was the formation of the Young Men’s Christian Associa-
tion. This organization is made up of over fifty boys and young
men who are earnestly endeavoring to live the Christian life
and whose highest interest is that of service in behalf of their
fellowmen. It is the main purpose of this body of young men
to create a spiritual atmosphere and a kindly fellow-feeling among the boys of
the school that will be conducive to the highest development of moral character
and true manhood.
Among the more practical phases of the work these young men take a genu-
ine interest in welcoming the fellow coming to school for the first time, helping
him find a room and secure board, getting him acquainted with his fellow^ stu-
dents, helping him enroll and get started in his classes and urging him to form the
church and Sunday School habit. Being the “Big Brother” to the new fellow
gets him started out right and throws him among associates whose valuable and
lasting friendship will be of untold aid to him throughout his school life.
'Page One hundred nine
"Here, that isn't right " — Morse.
Oratory - Debate
President W. A. Lewis
E. B\ Matthew
E. F. Madden
Azel F. Cochran
PATRONS
C. A. Shively
Elizabeth J. Agnew
Otis L. Benton
J. H. Ward
W. J. Madden
H. J. Penny
C. M. Wann
1 .
2 .
3 .
4.
6 .
FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES
P. Caspar Harvey Mrs. Mary O. Wooster.
CONTESTS
Peace Oratorical Contest, January 23, 1917, Judge J. C. Ruppenthal, Chair-
man.
Old-Line Oratorical Contest, January 31, E. A. Rea, Chairman.
Dehate Contest for Women, February 12, 1917, Miss Elsie Macintosh, Chair-
man.
Debate Contest for Men, February 14, 1917, Floyd B. Lee, Chairman.
Kansas Intercollegiate Peace Oratorical Contest, Wichita, March 13, 1917.
Fairmount, first ; K. S. A. C., second ; Fort Hays Kansas Normal School,
third ; Washburn, fourth ; Ottawa, Fifth ; Kansas Wesleyan, sixth ; Pitts-
burg Normal, seventh. C. A. Beeby ’s subject was, “As a Nation
Thinketh.”
Kansas Inter-Normal Oratorical Contest, Hays, April 2, 1917. Plarry M.
Stock's subject was, “This Glorious War/’
7. Annual Inter-Normal Debate with Pittsburg Normal School, at Pittsburg
and Hays, April 13, 1917. The affirmative girls’ team and the negative
boys’ team will contest at Pittsburg.
Question : Resolved, that the United States should adopt the policy of
permanently retaining the Philippine Islands.
JUDGES IN LOCAL CONTEST
President Lewis appointed E. B. Matthew. C. A. Shively, and J. W. Read to
serve as judges at each of the four local contests.
CONTESTANTS AND MEMBERS OF TFIE FORENSIC LEAGUE
Bena Morse
Harvey Reed
Elmo Meade
Burton M. Clark
C. A. Beeby
Harry M. Stock
Emerson FI. Felts
E. H. Cummings
Lindsay Clark
J. P. Callahan
Hildur Peterson
Dora E. Groff
Guv O. Ordwav
John Noll
Roy E. Frey
Carol J. Whisnant
John McKnight
Merle Caswell
Cecelia Dorney
Sarah Van Antwerp
Julia Keeler
Alice Beeby
Dorothy Grantham
Rose Fleller
Minnie Peppiatt
Alta Garret
Lester Wilson
Kathrjm O’Loughlin Ralph Archer
Elmer Dougherty
“Aw shucks JJ — Peterson.
Pah? Oj \ e hundxtd Wen
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HARRY M. STOCK
Winner of the E. B. Matthew Gold
Medal for Oratory ; Winner of the
Azel F. Cochran Oratorical Prize of
$50 ; Representative of the Fort Plavs
Kansas Normal School in the Annual
Inter-Normal Oratorical Contest of
Kansas.
C. A. BEEBY
Winner of the C. A. Shively Gold
Medal for Peace : Winner of the Otis*
L. Benton Peace Prize of $50; Repre-
sentative of the Fort Plays Kansas
Normal School in the Kansas Inter-
collegiate Peace Contest.
Honors and Prizes
C. A. Beeby
Harry M. Stock
Well, zviien you consider that the obtuse angle of an obtuse Triangle is equal to'
— Granger.
E. H. CUMMINGS
Member of an Affirmative In-
ter-Normal Debate Team and
Participant in the W. J. Madden
Debate Prize of $50.
J. P. CALLAHAN
Leader of an Affirmative In-
ter-Normal Debate Team; Par-
ticipant in the R. P. Madden De-
bate Prize of $50.
Page One hundred twelve
KATHRYN O'LOUGHLIN
Leader of a Negative Inter-
Normal Debate Team, and Par-
ticipant in the IT J. Penney De-
bate Prize of $50.
CECELIA DORNEY
Member of a Negative Inter-
Norma] Debate Team and Win-
ner of the J. LI. Ward Debate
Prize of $25.
“If adjectives declined they would all soon be feminine gender ”- — Knorr.
RALPH ARCHER
Captain of the Debate Squad;
deader of a Negative Inter-Nor-
mal Debate Team, and Partici-
pant in the W. J. Madden Debate
Prize of $50. (Winner of the
W. A. Lewis Gold Medal in
1916.)
ROY E. FREY
Winner of the W. A. Lewis
Gold Medal for Debate ; Partici-
pant in the E. F. Madden Debate
Prize of $50. and Member of the
Negative Jnter-Normal Debate
Team.
ALICE BEEBY
Winner of the Elizabeth J.
Agnew Gold Medal for Debate ;
Participant in the H. J. Penney-
Debate Prize of $50; and Leader
of an Affirmative Inter-Norma]
Debate Team.
MERLE CASWELL
Member of an Affirmative In-
ter-Normal Debate Team and
Winner of the C. M. Wann De-
bate Prize of $25.
‘Oh ■, fiddle" — Keeler
Pageantry
HE PAGEANTRY division of the English Department under
the direction of Miss Elsie Macintosh, has been steadily pro-
gressing since this new line of work was introduced last year.
It not only comes under the head of a special course but may
also be classed as a school activity. All of the pageants worked
out by the students who are taking this work as a study require
for their presentation a large number of people and this is where
pageantry becomes a school activity. At all times we have found
the students of the school most willing to take a part in these
productions. In this way much new talent is discovered. People who have hith-
erto had no opportunity for this means of self-expression, find a chance which
often reveals ability not suspected by even themselves.
The largest affair, in point of numbers, given this year was the Idistorical
Pageant presented on Governor's Day, Dec. 5th. Practically all of the school
took part in the different episodes of American history which were portrayed in
a long parade in the following order: 1. First Inhabitants, the Indians. 2. Ex-
plorers and Missionaries. 3. Coming of the English Puritans, Quakers, Virginia
Cavaliers and Slaves. 4. Coming of the Dutch. 5. Colonial Life — with Our
First President. 6. Revolutionary Heroes. 7. The Pioneers. 8. American
Ideals — this was symbolic. The Domestic Art Department lent its aid upon this
occasion as it has a number of times. The costumes produced by them were fine
enough to attract the attention of the State Uni verity, which requested the loan
of them quite recently.
A fine dramatization of Evangeline was presented early this winter. The
rendition was considered a most beautiful one. The exquisite meter of the poem
was not broken as all the speeches were made from the poet's narrative. The cos-
tumes fox this pageant were made entirely by the department.
At Christmas time a rush of work prevented the attempt of anything original.
Right here we may sav that this was the only time in the history of the depart-
ment when the work presented was not creative. Carolyn Well's splendid Christ-
mas play, entitled. "Is Santa Clause a Fraud,*' was selected by the class as the
medium for their efforts. The large stock of costumes acquired by the various
classes, made it possible to dress this elaborate entertainment upon short notice.
John Milton's Masque of "Comns > ' was presented on the 17th of February.
The original work on this was contained in the staging of a classic so rarely given
that its presentation became in a manner original, and in the composition of all
the music and dances which accompanied it.
On February 22d, a "Pageant of February" honored some of the noted people
whose birthdays grace this month. Father Time showed to February, scenes
from sotne of Longfellow's poems, an invention of Thomas Edison's. George
Washington lived again as did also Abraham Lincoln, Leap Year and the Ground
ITog also appeared.
Nearly all of the composite work created bv the various classes has been pre-
served. Last summer, all done up to that time was mimeographed, in obedience
to the many requests made for copies. So widely have they been sent out, that at
this writing only a few copies remain.
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“The best way to make yourself wanted is to make yourself scarce:'
— Dorthy Grantham.
“W hat is a Co-ed” — Ira Spencer.
ie Martins sing the sweetest ''' — Lank.
Newman Club
Motto: Faith and Friendship.
Colors: Blue and White. Flower: Red Rose.
OFFICERS
Spiritual Directoi
President
Vice-President, . .
Secretary
Treasurer
Marshal
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Agnes Rrull. Chairman
Cecelia Dornev John Riedel
HE Newman Club, an organization of Catholic students, was
permanently organized February 11, 1917. It holds meetings
twice a month for religious study and social purposes. The
aim of this club is to keep before the minds of its members the
loftier principles of life which are indispensable in the building
up of a strong Christian character. <k Faith and Friendship/’
as our motto, is to remind us of our duty toward God and
toward man.
Great interest is being manifested in this organization and
the meetings are well attended. It is the hope of the club to affiliate itself in a
short time with the national organization of Newman Clubs of the state universi-
ties and colleges of the country.
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Rev. Father Dominic, O. M. Cap.
A. F. Bieker
Anthony Jacobs
Sarah McCarthy
Louis J. Mertes
John Wittenberg
“The dedication } oh, it’s divine T — Walker.
Rifle Club
OFFICERS
Ralph Archer President
Thomas Mock Secretary
Claude Gordon Treasurer
E. H. Cummings Captain
Ward YV. Sullivan Scorer
NUMBER of the young' men of the school who were desirous of
practice in the manipulation and firing of military rifles irgan-
ized the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School Rifle Club. This
club is affiliated with the National Association of Rifle Clubs of
America. The United States Government furnished eight 30-
caliber Springfield rifles and 4.800 rounds of ammunition. An
outdoor range of 200, 300 and 500 yards has been constructed
and regular target practice is held during the spring and fall.
The active members of the club are: Lester Wilson. Glenn
Archer, Claude Gordon, Cleve Gardels, Thomas Mock, Ward W. Sullivan. Rov
Frey, Fred Albertson, Harvey Reed, Henry Sandy, Charles Boles, Lindsey Clark,
Ralph Archer, E. H. Cummings, Lester Poland, Guy Knorr, H. E. Malloy, Ira
Spencer, John DeWees, Garland Wanker, E. H. Felts, George Jepson, J. P. Cal-
lahan, Asa A. King, Fred Archer. Frank Sullivan, W. A, Lewis.
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“I'd like men if they weren't so daring ” — Bo u slog.
Boy Scouts
Britts Harris. Scout Master John McKnight, Asst. Scout Master
Roy E. Frey, Assistant Scout Master Henry Sandy, Asst. Scout Master
ROB ABLY the liveliest organization in the city of Hays and
the Normal School is that familiarly known as the Boy Scouts.
Under the leadership of Mr. Harris the membership has steadily
increased during the past two years until now nearly a half
hundred boys are enrolled in this organization. The insistent
demands for such a movement as this have been so great that
Mr. Harris is continually being called upon to start Boy Scout
organizations in the surrounding towns. A number of these
have already been effected.
Realizing the important need for efficient leaders of boys in every town and
community, Mr. Harris is conducting a class in scouting in which regular school
credit is given. In this work special study is made of the principles of scouting,
troop organization and management, tests and examinations, hikes, camping,
sports and games, signalling, first aid, etc. In short, the class work consists in
expert training for leadership among hoys, not from a mere theoretical standpoint,
hut by actually doing and practicing the things studied.
On special occasions whenever the Boy Scouts can he of assistance they are
always on hand in full uniform ready to lend their aid in every way possible. In
no other organization are there greater possibilities for the developing of ingenuity
and initiative in the boy and the preparation for present and future citizenship
than in the Boy Scout movement.
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Curly hair never did appeal to me” — A. Jepson.
The Dining Club
HE Normal Dining Club represents in many ways a unique
scheme ; n the managing of one of the necessary items of student
life. It is not likely that one can find another dining club in the
country where hoard of the quality and quantity can he fur-
nished at the exceedingly low price of three dollars per week.
One reason for this low cost is due to the fact that practically
all of the labor connected with the club, with the exception of
the cooking is done by students working their way through
school. Thus a double purpose is accomplished. Students are
greatly benefited by being able to secure board at a minimum cost, and those who
are obliged to work their way through school are given a means of materially
reducing their expense by a few hours' work each day.
The efficient management of the club is well attested by the fact that in spite
of the high cost of living the exceeding low price has prevailed, and it was not
until it became an absolute necessity that the price was raised from two dollars
and sixty cents to three dollars per week.
Don't call me bright until 1 gel wiser'- — Heller.
Golden Belt Fair
BE annual Golden Belt Fair held on a section of our campus
bears a very vital and significant relation to a certain phase of
student life. In addition to the ordinary school duties, the
student in this institution is urged to develop a spirit of interest
and usefulness in enterprises that concern large communities as
a whole. This annual fair affords an excellent means whereby
the student may give expression to his interest in things that
make for community and social improvement.
One of the big things in last year's accomplishments was the
erection of our F. IT. N. Building on the fair grounds. This building was com-
pleted in little more than a week’s time with student labor under the direction of
the Manual Arts Department. The first floor is used for exhibition purposes
while the second floor is designed for a rest room.
In addit ; on to the ordinary forms of amusement and entertainment, the dis-
plays of the more strictly instructive type, including exhibits in Domestic Science.
Domestic Art. Agriculture, Dairy and Beef Cattle. Horses, Flogs. Poultry, Boys'
and Girls' Club's work. Gardening, etc., furnished the visitor with a store of in-
format : on fhat could not otherwise be obtained.
The annual Golden Belt Fair is. without question, coming to be the biggest
of its kind in the West. The excellent location and the splendid buildings con-
structed and equipped in the most modern style, unequalled by any other in the
state, help to make this an ideal place for the exhibition of the industries and
products of Kansas.
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u \Vell } if I must study, 1 can" — JVl.ck.EOWN.
Helen Pestana
Charlotte Hussey
Mildred Hamilton
Fannie Davenport
Hildur Peterson
Lula Fowler
Mabel Twiselton
Clara Brooks
Feast of the Red Corn
i
Pearl Sidenius, Director
Principals
Edna Fuller
Flazel Rea
Pauline Fieri
Chorus
Esther Rippey
Eva Brown
Agnes Philips
Mahree Hamilton
Ruth Davis
Ethel Robinson
Evadna Kraus
Alice Craig
Ada Law
Dorthea Glynn
Edith Bouslog
Eunice Eyler
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N THURSDAY, February fifteenth, the third annual Presi-
dent’s Day was observed. This day has been set aside bv the
student body and faculty for the purpose of taking a retrospect
of the work of the year. On this day the students and faculty
consecrate themselves to the year’s work that is before them.
The events of the day are varied somewhat from year to year.
This year a formal program was presented at the Auditorium
in the morning. The feature of this program was the presenta-
tion of a portrait of President Lewis to the school as a gift
from the Student body of 1916 and 1917. This portrait will be hung in Sheridan
Coliseum. During the morning program President Lewis was presented with
messages of felicitation and congratulation from the president of the United States
and the presidents of colleges and universities from all parts of the United Stales.
At noon an informal luncheon was held in the gymnasium in which the entire
student body and faculty participated. This was followed by an all school skat-
ing party on the Normal Lake in the afternoon.
The annual President's Day reception in honor of President and Mrs. Lewis
was held in the gymnasium in the evening.
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“If there is anything you do not know about psychology , ask me” — W. Wolf.
Mary L Brull
Agnes L. Brull
Margaret Halbleib
Inez Torrey
Ellen Brumitt
Math i l cle Meier
Irene C Cloud
Miss Nickles
May Callison
Fannie Davenport
Chloe Deardorf
Win. Nelson
German Club
ROLL CALL
Fred Breitweiser
Clara Wolf
John Noll
Reinhardt Noll
Eva Brown
Ella Beleke
Mrs. Mary Beeby
Fern Reemsnyder
Perle Tilley
Alice Beeby
Bena Morse
Asa A. King
A. F. Bieker
May Brasted
Ethel Robinson
Ada Law
Nellie Mummert
Win. Kopfel
Anna Noll
Elizabeth Noll
Julia Keeler
Jane O'Laughlin
Sarah McCarthy
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“Pep! YeSj I say pep " — FrilY.
Der Deutsche Verein
Motto : Uong macht den Meister.
Yell : Blutwurst, Weinwurst.
Sis, Boom, Bah,
Pumpernickel, Sauerkraut,
Ya, Ya, Ya.
Colors: Red, White and Black.
Flower : Red Rose.
CLASS OFFICERS
First Semester
Mary I. Brull President
Julia Keeler Vice-President
Asa A. King Secretary
J. P. Callahan Treasurer
Jane O'Laughlin Marshall
Second Semester
Anna Noll President
Clara Wolf Vi ce-President
Agnes L. Brull Secretary
Fred B ret tw riser Treasurer
John Noll Marshall
Jennie E. NIckles. . . .Faculty Critic
HE ‘‘DEUTSCHE VEREIN" was organized in the spring of
1916. The membership consists of students actively engaged in
the study of German, and those who speak it naturally. Its aim
is to enable the members to become more efficient in the use of
the language; also to become more familiar with German cus-
toms, literature and art.
The Club has made rapid progress in the past year, this be-
ing due to the willing responses of its members in assisting in
all enterprises that promote the welfare of the organization.
The typical German programs rendered were varied and interesting. As one
feature, Miss Nickles, who has spent sveral years studying and traveling abroad,
gave an instructive lecture on ‘‘Berlin.'' The past year has been especially
pleasant due to the various socials, weenie-roasts, and hikes participated in by the
Versammelung.
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‘7 do knoiv more than 1 telV — Anna Hastings.
Active Members
“K” Club
Ralph Archer President
Emerson Felts Vice-President
Fred W. Albertson Secretary-Treasurer
W. G. Speer, Coach
Raymond VVelty
Glenn Archer
Ernest Mock
YV\ B. Compton
Thomas Mock
Fred Archer
James Lambert
John RichmeT
Clay Cong he nor
Walter Ottken
Harry Neilson
Albert Kruhut
William Bolt
ACTIVE MEMBERS
Ira Spencer
Emerson Felts
Fred Albertson
Ralph Archer
E. IT. Cummings
Benjamin Williams
Rex Welty
Raymond Custer
Associate Members
Edwin Fink
Kenneth Moye
Frank Wasinger
Alfred Richmond
Frank Carman
Clark Reed
Clarence Loreditch
Frank Loreditch
Robert Bruner
Guy Ordway
Lynn Ordway
Elmer Dougherty
Je-se Gatewood
LouR Mertes
Cleve Gardels
William Miller
John Gross
Paul Scheer
John Seuser
Vernon Bice
Walter IT tick
Martin Peterson
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77 If that is a molecule, why is an atom ” — Custer.
The Normal Jitney
I MCE the agricultural department has laid emphasis on the pro-
ject method of presenting the agricultural work and is using the
surrounding farms for laboratories it is essential that some meth-
od of transporting the students of the department be devised. The
result was the purchase of an auto truck and its conversion into
a carry-all. The Normal Jitney will carry twenty-five students
very comfortably. Tt is used as a traveling class room and a
means of transportation for picnics, outings, and trips to the sur-
rounding towns.
This service is not given free. A schedule of rates has been worked out and
and the jitney not only pays expenses but is paying back the money originally in-
vested in its purchase.
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“Girls may be chickens , but why are hens?” — J. Johnson.
A. P. E. S. Literary Society
Motto :
With our goal set high we’re for going on.
Realizing the importance of facility in self-expression in public a number of
students met February 3 ? 1917, and formed an organization known as the A. P.
E. S. Literary Society.
Some of the general rules concerning membership, officers, and meetings
are : That membership shall be limited to sixteen members, that officers shall hold
office during four weeks only, and that the members shall assemble at least once
a week.
The work of this society deals particularly with extemporaneous speaking,
drill in Parliamentary Law and the debating of current questions of the day.
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"I made a New Year's resolution to quit dancing ’ — Rippey.
A. P. E. S. Literary Society
John Noll President
Goldie Cummings Vice-President
Zelda Powell Secretary-Treasurer
Mr. Lyman D. Wooster Faculty Critic
Robert Brunner
Cecelia Dome)'
Leslie Tilley
Ethel Robinson
Elmer Dougherty
MEMBERS
Elizabeth Noll
Lester A. Wilson
Sarah Van Antwerp
Reinhardt Noll
Agnes McCammon
Pearl Tilley
Goldie Cummings
John Noll
Zelda Powell
Lester L. Poland
Merle Caswell
Farmers’ and Housekeepers’ Skort Course
K T £ EVENT has come to be recognized all over this part of the
state as one of the established activities which the school partici-
pates in for the betterment of the rural communities of western
Kansas. It is the Annual Farmers' and Housekeepers’ Short
Course which is held the three weeks just previous to the Christ-
mas vacation.
The course is open to any citizen of the state of Kansas and
all are invited to participate in the three weeks’ activities. The majority of those
who do take part are the boys and girls and fathers and mothers from the farms
who cannot leave the farm for a whole year’s schooling or a college course. These
people come to school here and are taught by the instructors of this school as-
sisted by the pick of the teachers at the State Agricultural College.
Many courses are offered among which are courses in Animal Husbandry,
Farm Engineering, Horticulture. Stock Judging and Stock Diseases, Dairying,
Poultry Raising. Farm Accounting, Farm Carpentry and Blacksmithing, Dresses
and Dressmaking, Home Economics and Millinery. In short, the school attempts
to bring to the people who take the course everything that will make the home a
better place in which to live, teach them the up-to-date and most economically
methods of farming and, above all. exemplify the value of co-operation in any
project that is for the betterment of the community as a whole. The students take
an active part in the short course and spend many of their spare hours in attend-
ing the lectures and demonstrations. They not only acquire some knowledge of
the subjects taught but also profit by the lessons of community service they see
exemplified.
The school is taking this means to be of direct service to the rural communi-
ties of western Kansas. The people have responded by a large enrollment.
sfii Ji 3
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''Refer to rule four under axiom five — Poland.
Governor’s Day
HE ANNUAL celebration of Governor's Day was held Tuesday,
December fifth. This event has come to be recognized as one of
the most important features of the school year and has taken a
place as an event of great importance to western Kansas as is tes-
tified to by tbe ever-increasing crowds that gather to celebrate
this day.
The features of the da) r were an all school pageant in which
the different phases of the growth of American customs and ideals
were shown. The different periods of American history from
Colonial times to the present day were depicted by students appropriately costumed.
This pageant with the band leading, paraded through the town streets and back
to the Normal. The Governor being ill and being unable to be present. Charles
Session, Secretary of State, took his place and delivered the principal address of
the day. In the evening a chorus composed of students and three soloists accom-
panied by tbe school orchestra gave Rossini's Stabat Mater.
This day marked the official opening of the third annual Farmers' and House-
keepers’ Short Course.
Rage One hundr ed thiriy-o. TU.
(C Whal is a Co-ed ” — Ira Spencer.
Athletics
Pa ge One hundred thirty -three
Wouldn't that kill you” — McNay.
ME SECOND year of the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School in
college athletics was remarkable. F. H. N. now stands as one of
the colleges which must be considered when championships are
awarded in football, baseball, and we hope after this year, in track.
Out here in the “Short Grass” country, athletes are "raised” as
good, if not better, than down “East.”
The standing and recognition which the Fort Hays Kansas
Normal now receives in athletics is due a great deal to its efficient coach. W. G.
"Bunt” Speer. ITe has worked hard and faithfully to build up the Athletic De-
partment. When he took charge of Athletics in the fall of 1915, this Normal
School was unknown among practically all the colleges of the Kansas Conference,
for the school before that time had had athletic relations with only two or three
Page One hundred thirty- four
“ Oh, well , 1 got to class in time to get tomorrow' s assignment 33 — J. O'Loughlin.
colleges. Now, after less than two years in the Conference, F. H. N. is a known
factor in college athletics in this state. This alone speaks volumes for Coach
Speer's ability to develop good teams. But to develop teams which can win is
not his only work, for the teams he put out are known for their good “sportsman-
ship” above everything else.
The football season of 1916 was a very successful one both from the stand-
point of games won and from the recognition which this school obtained through
the team’s ability and sportsmanship.
The season started with a handicap of being able to secure only five Confer-
ence games and two with Haskell. Speer had a squad of thirty men, eight of
whom were “IC men, a few high school stars, and a number of last year’s second
squad to work with. The confidence of the student body and the entire football
squad in the ability of Coach Speer and Captain Cummings to develop a good
team created great enthusiasm for football. The boys worked hard and faithfully
all season without grumbling or loafing on the job.
The Tigers lost their first game, October 6th, with Haskell Institute, at
Lawrence, 2_Jxu2Z. The team had several new players and did not have their
team work perfected. Haskell had a good team and two weeks later held one of
the strongest teams in the Middle West, Notre Dame, to the low score of 14-0.
In the next game the Tigers swamped jheir old enem y, the Wesleyan Coy-
otes. The College of Emporia was the next victim of the Tiger machine, by a 13
to 12 score. The “Terrible Swedes” were due for the trimming the Tigers handed
out in a slow but excitin g 8 to 6 score game. The Tigers then took St. Mary’s
into camp in a fast snappy game 14 to 3. The next game was a shutout for the
Haskell Reserves at Hays, 33. _ta-0.
The big Thanksgiving game was at Sterling with Cooper College. A special
train carried the team and one hundred loyal supporters to Sterling. The game
was hotly contested but luck broke against the Tigers and they lost, 14 to 0 . This
was the only Conference defeat of the season.
The Fort Hays Kansas Normal stood second in the Conference, our percent-
ave being 800, while the Emporia Normal won first place with a percentage of
833. The fact that we had only five Conference games probably kept the Tigers
from tying with the Kansas State Normal. The recognition which the team re-
ceived is shown by the fact that Coach Speer has secured eight Conference games
for 1917. Every member of this year's team except Cummings and Gatewood will
be back in school next year. Prospects are bright for the championship in 1917.
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"l attribute that to the attrition of co-lateral intellects'' — P. Caspar.
Raymond Custer
Tackle and Guard. Weight 170.
Custer was another man who did excellent
work. Injuries kept him out of several games.
Raymond is a “fighter” and works hard. Next
year we expect him to give a good account of
himself.
Page One hundred ih'iriy-six
C apt ain E. H. Cummings
Right Tackle. Weight 155.
A great deal of the credit for the 1916 football
record of the Fort ITays Kansas Normal was due
to its fighting right tackle. Cap always had the
fight and pep to encourage his men to do their
best. He was a good leader and a true sports-
man. This is Cummings' fourth year.
Capta[n-Elect Rap pm Archer
Center. Weight 185.
Archer's weight makes him an ideal center.
Good passing, strong defense and hole-opening
for line plunges were his strong points. Ralph’s
excellent playing, sportsmanship, and judgment
should make next year a great season for the
Tigers.
‘‘Here, let go! That's my minute hand ” — Fowler.
Ernest Mock
End and Guard. Weight 160.
Mock was changed from guard to end about
the middle of the season. Though handicapped
by this he played his usual steady game. Ernie
is a good fighter, has plenty of pep and is a hard
tackier.
Rex We ltv
Right Half. Weight 170
Welty in his first year at football made the
Second All-State team. Rex featured at long
end runs, returning punts and in flipping for-
ward passes. He also punted for the team.
With this year's experience and with his speed,
he should be a good ground gainer for next year.
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Wiley Compton
Fullback. Weight 162.
Compton, a 1915 'TC* man, did excellent work
at full. His strong features were line plunging
and backing up the line on defense. Wile} r is a
sure tackier and an excellent ground gainer.
“You play a base viol by drawing a boiv across the string s >f — King.
Guv Ordwav
Half, Full and Hnd. Weight 155.
Guy was a sort of utility man. He did good
work at each position played. He featured in
line plunges, recovering forward passes and de-
fensive work. Guy is small but he is a goer.
Emerson 1 Felts
Quarterback. Weight 155.
Felts in his second year made a good record
for himself. He is a heady leader and the team
always had confidence in him. Emerson starred
at returning punts. FI is speed and knowledge of
football should bring an All-State position next
year.
Ben Williams
Left Tackle. Weight 185.
This is Williams’ second year in football. Ben
is a fighter and always does his part. He was
noted for his “pep,” sportsmanship and good
playing. lie was mentioned several times as a
possible candidate in the All-State selection.
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“My profs don't know when 1 am bluffing" — Peppiatt.
f
Lynn Ordvvay
Left End. Weight 160.
This was Lynn’s first year but he did well. He
featured in going down under punts and breaking'
up interference. With this year’s experience
Lynn should be a valuable man next year.
Elmer Dougherty
Left Tackle. Weight 195.
Dougherty starred at tackle swings. His
weight made him a hard man for his opponent to
handle. Elmer was a stonewall on defense. He
was often called out of the line to make line
plunges. This is Dougherty's second year and
we are expecting him to tear up things next year.
Jess Gatewood
Right End. Weight 165.
Gate has been playing football for four years
and has always played a hard clean game. He
featured in catching long passes, making end
runs and boxing in the opposing tackle.
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"Work is my middle name n — “It’unkT Reed.
Robert Brunner
Right Guard, Weight 170.
Brunner lacked experience but he made up for
that by his fighting qualities and his determina-
tion, His opponent always knew he was around.
He featured in opening holes for line plunges,
and in defense work. Watch Brunner next year !
Albert .Khrut
Left Half. Weight 160.
Khrut was another new man who left a good
record. He starred at forward passing. His line
plunges and end runs showed that next year he
should be one of our mainstays.
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If
“You fellows have a lot of spare knowledge, too spare in fact” — Sandy.
HE BASEBALL season of the spring- of 1916 was -very success-
ful, the Tigers lacking one game of tying Friends' University
for the State championship. The “K” men were Captain Gate-
wood, Captain-Elect Felts, R, Archer, Peterson, Mock, Bissing.
Mertes, Smith, and G. Archer. With eight letter men in school
and a number bf promising new men trying out, chances for the
championship appear very rosy. The Tigers have a schedule of
about sixten college games and a game with the Chicago “Cubs”
April 2. Coach Speer and Captain Felts are planning big things for this season.
Page Grte hun dred f orty-one
“I’m teaching next year for experience" — Robinson.
Page One hundred forly-l<wo
Jesse' Gatewood
Baseball Captain 1916
Captain Gatewood was a big factor
in making tbe 1916 baseball record for
the Tigers. Jesse is a hard hitter and
a fast fielder. He ranked third in bat-
ting honors with a standing of 300.
Cap showed the green men bow to run
and slide bases. The team will miss
his work this spring, both in center
field and at the bat.
Emerson - Felts
Baseball Captain 1917
Felts’ experience, head work and
popularity will make him a good
leader for the Tigers. Last year Em-
erson played at third regularly and
also pitched two games. This year he
will be on tbe regular pitching staff.
Fie has the stuff and with his excellent
control, we are expecting our captain
to develop into the best pitcher in the
Conference.
Thank goodness J she has at last found a man J — Co-ed.
Basketball
HE 1917 basketball season was the most successful in the history
of the school. Three letter men, Archer, Spencer and Welty re-
ported for practice at the beginning- of the season. A number of
new men were out and developed into good players.
The Tigers lost their first game to Wesleyan but after the
first game they put up a better brand of ball. All of the other
seven home games were won. The Tigers made two trips. The
first trip brought victories over Pittsburg Normal twice, and
Haskell, and defeats by IC. S. N. and St. Mary’s. The next trip
was disastrous for the Tigers as they lost to McPherson, Bethany and Cooper.
A great season is expected next year for all the letter men will be back, and
our new building with a 50 by 90 foot court and seating capacity of 2,500 will be
completed.
The second team. Brown, R. Spencer, Hays, Meade and L. Ordwav, deserve
a great deal of credit for the opposition and practice they furnished the first team.
They' won two outside games from Stockton and Hill City, scores being 42-18 and
\_Pjige One : hundred jorty-three^ . —
“As soon as I find out that a fellow means every thing he says to me he becomes
t ire some' ‘ — L a la Fowler.
Ira Spencer, Captain-elect
Left guard. Height 5
feet, 7 inches.
Spencer played running
guard and was considered
the fastest floor man in the
state. He was always after
the ball, and his opponent
rarely got it away from
him. This is his third year.
Ira is small but he makes
up for that by his speed.
Glen n Archer
Right forward. Height
6 feet.
Archer played a good,
clean game. He is a good
goal shooter and is strong
on team work. This is
Glenn's third year. He used
his knowledge of the game
to good advantage when
playing the floor.
Rex Welty
Left forward. Height 5
Feet, llJ /2 inches.
Rex was our high scor-
ing man. ITe caged ninety
field goals and forty-seven
free throws, making a total
of 227 points. His speed
and height made him a
hard man for his guard to
handle. Injuries kept him
out of several games. Rex
was chosen forward and
captain of the second All-
State team.
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Harry Stock says he is picked on by the ladies.
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Raymond Welty, Capt.
Right Guard.
Height 6
feet, 1 inch.
Raymond earned the
captaincy of the team by
his steady consistent play-
ing at stationary guard.
While not a brilliant player
Ray was one of the hardest
men in the state to evade
when under the basket.
Raymond Custer
Center and f o r w a r d.
Height 6 feet.
Custer was the second
highest scoring man. He
featured in long shots and
in covering the floor. Ray-
mond is a good jumper and
usually secured the tip off
at center. He is a natural
forward and did excellent
work in that position.
Cleve Gardeli.s
Center, a n d g ua r d.
Height 6 feet, lyi inches.
Gardells gained his ex-
perience by playing on the
second team. Cleve is
rangy and has long arms
which makes him a good
center or stationary guard.
He is a good goal shooter
and plays well with the
team.
Fred Albertson giggles like a Freshman Co-ed.
Track
HE Fort Hays Kansas Normal did not have a track meet last
year, but will take part in two this spring, besides the State
Meet at Emporia. Arrangements have been made for a dual
meet at Salina with Wesleyan, and quadrangular meet at Linds-
burg, with Wesleyan, Cooper, and Bethany. Last year Boles,
our only representative at the State Meet, took third in the two-
mile run. A big squad is working out and as we have some
good material for the weights, dashes and field events, we are
expecting to put out a well balanced track team this spring.
Page One hundred forty-six
Earl Stock—' 'Got my life preserver ? (Chewing,)”
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1917
Oct - . 5 — Southwestern College, at Winfield.
Oct. 13 — Raker Lmiversity, at Hays.
Oct. 19 — Bethel College, at Flays.
Oct. 26 — St. Mary's College, at St. Mary’s.
N r ov. 2 — Bethany College, at Linclsborg.
Nov. 9 — Friends University, at Hays.
Nov. 17 — Kansas Wesleyan University, at Salina.
Nov. 22 — College of Emporia, at Emporia.
Nov. 29 — Cooper College, at Flays.
FOOTBALL SCORES 1916 p. FI. N. Opp.
Oct. 6— Flaskell Institute, at Lawrence 7 27
Oct. 12 — Kansas Wesleyan University, at Hays 20 0
Oct. 20 — College of Emporia, at Flays 13 12
Nov. 3 — Bethany College, at Hays 8 6
Nov. 10 — St. Mary's College, at St. Mary's 14 3
Nov. 25 — Flaskell Reserves, at Flays 33 0
Nov. 30 — Cooper College, at Sterling 0 14
BASEBALL SCORES 1916 F. H. N. Opp.
Apr. 12 — Wesleyan University, at Hays 7 1
Apr. 13 — Wesleyan University, at Flays 8 5
Apr. 25 — St. Mary's College, at St. Mary’s 2 7
Apr. 26 — Ottawa University, at Ottawa 2 8
May 13 — McPherson College, at Hays 7 0
May 1 A — McPherson College, at Hays 11 6
May 18 — Cooper College, at Hays 8 0
May 19 — Cooper College, at Hays 17 2
May 25 — Friends University, at Hays 2 4
May 26 — Friends University, at Hays 5 2
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1917 r H. N. Opp.
Jan. 10 — Wesleyan University, at Flays 30 37
Jan. 11 — Wesleyan University, at Flays 48 18
Jan. 17 — Cooper College, at Flays 32 26
Jan. 18 — Cooper College, at Flays 26 23
Jan. 21 — Kansas State Normal School, at Emporia 29 48
Jan. 22 — Pittsburg Normal School, at Pittsburg 41 28
jan. 23 — Pittsburg Normal School, at Pittsburg 43 27
jan. 24 — Flaskell Institute, at Lawrence 38 29
Jan. 25 — St. Mary's College, at St. Mary’s 29 39
Feb. 15 — Bethany College, at Flays 50 16
Feb. 16 — Bethany College, at Ffays 34 23
Feb. 20 — Wesleyan University, at Salina 32 34
Feb. 21 — McPherson College, at McPherson 19 23
Feb. 22 — Bethany College, at Lindsborg 13 25
Feb. 23 — Cooper College, at Sterling 28 33
Feb. 27 — McPherson College, at Hays 38 20
Feb. 28— McPherson College, at Hays 30 23
Total 560 472
10 Victories. 7 Defeats. Percetage .588.
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<c That's all right because I did it' 1 — P'lossie Vinson.
HE girls'" athletics were varied and interesting. The interest for
19 15-’ 16 centered around the interclass basketball games. Each
class had its squad captain, who assisted in choosing the teams
for the matched games. Enthusiasm ran high. A goodly num-
ber of girls turned out faithfully for practice. Large crowds at-
tended the games urging on their class teams with yells and
songs. The Sophomore college and the Junior academy girls were
fighting for the championship and it was no small triumph to the
Juniors when they won. The winning team made up of Bertha
Stroh, Cecelia Dorney, Evadna Kraus, Anna Stone, Pauline Plerl, Kate Arm-
strong, Ruth Cox and Julia Stone were each awarded a golden silk tie. The indi-
vidual contest followed later. A committee picked the members of the All-Nor-
mal team, each of whom received a golden felt letter "NT They were Cecelia
Dorney, Bertha Stroh, Bena Morse, Minnie Peppiatt, Rose Heller, Judith Mullen,
Kate Armstrong, Fannie Stout and Maude Archibald.
The interclass track meet showed up some excellent material. The scores of
the girls were averaged with those of the men from corresponding classes. The fifty
yard dash, hurl ball, 100 yard dash, broad jump, baseball throw, basketball throw,
and relay race comprised the events. Rose Heller ran the 100 yard dash in 13
1-5 seconds, thus setting a new school record for this event. The Sophomore Col-
lege team won the meet.
f
With the opening of the fall semester T6, began the hockey practice. The
Physical Education classes meet regularly in the sunshine and fresh air, on the
virgin sod of the Normal hockey field. Enthusiasm increased so that a large
crowd turned out to see the first of the interclass finals. So many sticks were
broken that the finals were postponed. In the meantime aesthetic dancing, gym-
nasium exercises, basketball and games with practice teaching, furnished profitable
exercise for the girls. The loss of the physical director halted the girls 3 athletics
for a while, but with the advent of Miss Flanders, the girls took up the work with
snap and vigor. Tactics, free arm exercises, games and basketball were started
immediately. Some of the girls furnished fine material for the Plays City basket-
Page One hundred forty- eight
ball team, which played several matched games. Interclass basketball and field
day are being planned. Already there is an interest in tennis which will be played
as soon as the season comes.
Many of the girls who participated in the girls’ athletics this year will be here
next year and there are prospects of a lively succession of hockey, basketball, field
work and tennis, intermingled with extensive gymnasium work.
Page One hundred forty-nine
' fr Don't you know tne t Cl
,ARI< .
Hi Id ur Peterson
Kate Armstrong
Cecelia Dornev
Gold Ties 1916
All-Normal Team 1917
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM
Rose Heller Esther Rippey
Vinnie Brandt Pauline Herl
Alta Garrett
Miss Marion Flanders. Coach
Page One hundred fifty '
n.S.Atbletics f
Training ScKool AtKletics
TITLETICS at Hays High School , within the last two years,
have advanced a long stride over the athletics in the previous
history of the school, Onr football team lias been the champions
of the Golden Belt League for three consecutive years and the
schedules of the last two years have been exceedingly heavy, play-
ing such teams at Oberlin, Lucas, Luray and Dickinson County
High School, which are considered the best teams in the western
part of the state. Hays won seven of the nine games played,
and lost two games, one to Luray H. S. at Luray, and the other
10 Oberlin H. S. Hays defeated Luray, at Hays, on Governor's Day, December 5,
by a large score of 21 to 0. The feature of the football season was the game be-
tween Oberlin and Hays, which was one of the best exhibitions of football ever
seen in Hays. Hays was defeated by one point. The game with Luray IT. S. on
Governor’s Day closed one of the most successful seasons that Hays has ever had.
The football team received the hearty support of the citizens of Hays, which greatly
helped to make a very successful season. But while we are singing our praises
let us not forget coaches Frank Carman and C. A. Miller, who more than anyone
else are responsible for the fine showing made by the team and by whose untiring
efforts Hays put out one of the best football teams in the history of the school.
Page One hundred fifty -an*
“John Dewees should join the Y. W. C, A” — P. Casper Harvey.
Jacob Gross
Captain Football 1916
Ben Westjbrooic
Captain Basketball 1917
- Jacob Gross, Football Captain 1916
l 'Bunny" is captain of the team and played left end. Bunny is 17 years old, 5
ft., 7 inches tall and weighs 145 lbs. He is a second Chamberlin at carrying the
ball and circling the end. Fie is quick to start and once under way it takes speed
to catch him.
Ben Westbrook, Basketball Captain 1916
Ben, captain of the basketball team and center, has played his last year on
the team. He was second to none when it came to making good passes and a dan-
gerous man when under the basket. FI is ability to shoot long baskets when
needed greatly helped his team to keep in the lead.
Page One hundred _ fijdy-tMQ
“Did any girl cal! me up while J zms away f 3 — ‘'Bill" Dewees.
1
I
Clair Wilson, Left Tackle
On tackle swings Dadd)' is a terror. He is a hard fighter and is always
found in the pile when the whistle blows.
John Kinderknecht, Right Half
This is Johnnie’s only year with the team. On defense lie could always be
relied upon to smash the interference. He was a bear at carrying the ball.
Edgar Grass, Fullback
Ed was transferred from tackle to fullback. Fie made good at plugging the
line and his ability to catch passes made him a very valuable man.
Lawrence Gross, Right End
Hix is an old dependable. His long end runs and forward passes gained
many yards for Flays High School. Flix is a hard and willing worker.
Vincient Bielm an, Reserve Quarter hack
This is Hess's first year. Ffis playing at quarterback and bis defensive work
at safety is equal to that of a veteran.
David Chittenden, Reserve Center
Sandy is our reserve center. Fie always was full of fight and pep. Sandy is
sure to be good for gains next year.
Reece Cave, Reserve Tackle
This is Reece's first year at football. Grit and hard playing made him as de-
pendable a substitute for the line as could be had. Great work is expected from
Reece next year.
Ben Westbrook, Left Half
Ben is a bear at carrying' the ball and it always requires two or three men to
down him. Fie is one of the hardest tacklers on the team and his influence in
instigating pep is remarkable.
Paul Gross, Quarterback:
Bush is the backbone of the team. To him belongs the credit of leading the
team to its victories. He calls the signals with pep and is one of the fiercest tack-
lers on the team.
Waeter Situtts, Right Guard
Bus is full of pep and scraps to the finish. He always does his part and is
never beaten.
Ernest Albert, Right Tackle
Pete plays end on defense and is a sure tackier. His ability to break up passes
made it very uncomfortable for his opponents.
Elmer Ringe, Center
Ringe is only 17 years old but he is over six feet tall. Fie is always in the
game and is quick to size up the opponent's plays.
Marvin Strailey, Left Guard
This is Marvin’s second year at football and his playing is remarkable.
Marvin has the grit and will make a good man for next year’s team.
Page One hundred fifty-three
if Well } if I must study , J ccm ?’ — McKeown.
=1
Basketball
ME basketball season of 1917 was a success from the standpoint of
the games won, since Hays won eight of the nine league games
played. Hays was defeated by Ellsworth and Salina High School
which were not league games. Hays High School and Wilson
High School tied for first place in the Golden Belt League, each
team having won eight games and lost one. Blays entered the
district tournament and received the high distinction of defeating
Ellsworth liigh School, a feat thought almost impossible by local sports. Al-
though Hays did not win the tournament she played in the finals for the district
meet and for the cup.
Page One hundred fifty 'four
‘Come on, boys , I'll shoot a nickel with you " — Rex Welty.
Page One hundred fifty- five
Football Team 1916
“Pep! VeSj I say pep ” — Frf.y.
Project Work.
Page Ojie hundred fifty -seven
Project Work
HE Fort Hays Kansas Normal School is using the project method
in its agriculture classes. At present there are six lines of pro-
jects in operation. A dairy, creamery, poultry plant, swine in-
dustry, gardening under glass and field crops.
In the dairy a student is permitted to place three or four
cows owned and controlled by himself. While he studies feeds
and feeding, stock judging and dairy industry in the classroom,
he carries on the practical project and tests many of the theories with his own ani-
mals.
The dairy project boys constitute a dairy association and sell their dairy prod-
uct on the open market. At the end of each week the association meets, balances
its books and divides the week's profits. Accurate records are kept both of feed
consumed and milk produced and each cow is credited with her share of the net
earning.
The creamery is operated by and for the girls of the school. Farmers within
a hundred miles of Hays ship cream to the school as they would to a creamery. A
girl is assigned to churn the cream of each farmer. There are as many girls in
the creamery project as there are cream shippers. The creamery association pays
the farmer for his butter fat on the basis of butter prices and the girls get the
over-run for their labor in churning. A ten gallon can of cream makes from twen-
ty-five to forty pounds of butter. With a 16% over-run the student will get from
four to six pounds of butter for her work. At present prices this will mean $1.40
to $2.10 for each individual churning. The buttermilk is sold to pay the running
expenses of the creamery.
The poultry plant of the Normal School is made up of individual poultry pro-
jects. A poultry house 8x12 feet and a poultry yard 8 rods by 2 rods is assigned
to a student. He selects his own poultry, cares for it and retains whatever profit
there may be from the business.
Gardening under glass is wholly a winter enterprise. The abundant sunshine
of Central and Western Kansas makes this line of farming especially attractive and
profitable. The greenhouse used in this project work is known as the " Fireless
Greenhouse. >T It is made up of double glass sash. The glass is so arranged as to
have five-eighths of an inch dead air space between the panes, thus rendering them
frost proof. On coldest nights and during cold, cloudy days small oil stoves are
kept burning. This is the only heating necessary for the coldest winter of Kansas.
This style and type of greenhouse is inexpensive to build and the operating ex-
penses are small compared to the single glass type.
“Pretty putrid" — Cummings.
Page One hundred fifty-eight
The field crops project is the oldest one in operation and is participated in by
more students than any other. In this division a student leases as much land as he
can profitably care for, the standard unit being one acre. This land is highly pro-
ductive and is irrigated- The students lease dates from November to November.
This gives him an opportunity to carry out a year's cycle of farm operation. The
student pays $5.00 per acre rent on land, $3.00 per acre general over-head expense
and for the water used at the cost of pumping. The students in this project form
a truckers' association and co-operate in the purchase of seed and the disposal of
their farm products. From ten acres in 1916 the truckers sold $2,700.00 worth of
produce.
The pig project is conducted along practical lines in somewhat the same man-
ner as the other enterprises. Students own their own swine, care for them and
whatever profit there may be is retained bv the student.
This method of teaching agriculture is known as the Managerial or project
method. It has a three-fold purpose in addition to the acquisition of agricultural
knowledge; it gives managerial experience; it develops initiative and makes the
student economically independent.
"This medal urns presented to me myself as a slight token of my
self-esteem'' — Stock.
Page One hundred sixty
F. H. N, Truckers’ Association
$560 Acre oe Tomatoes
Co-ED Ac.UrCUI.TU RE
H( )T HO U S E G A R D E N I N C.
hundred sixty-one
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Page One hundred sixty- four
llAYVKJ XL
Why did 1 come to F. PL N.? I, too, have often wondered"
Png/ One hundred sixty-jive
Calendar for 1916-17
SEPTEMBER
12 — School opens.
19 — Cloudy weather; every one homesick.
20 — Dreadful storm is raging in the southwest, probably nothing worse than foot-
ball practice.
25 — Unheard of thunderstorm, or war worse than the one in Europe is raging in
tlie auditorium at 3 :10 today.
26 — 6: a. m. After thorough investigation a Freshman reports the dreadful dis-
turbance of last evening to be the Normal Band rehearsing for its first concert.
NOVEMBER
3 — The Freshmen of this institution are preparing a new dictionary. Since the
end of the quarter comes next Friday such words as: test, examination, cram,
etc., are rapidly filling the dictionary.
10 — All one hears is silence, with an occasional “I just know I failed."
11 — The most important word in the new dictionary this morning is “Flunk."
13 — '‘What are you taking'?” '‘Did you flunk in anything?’' means that the new
term has started.
17 — Football season flourishing; broken arms, noses, black eyes and limps are seen
everywhere.
20 — Mertes* chicken No. 13, just laid an egg.
25 — Felts asks Miss Milstead to accompany him to the
Cooper game but is turned down. Poor Felts.
30 — Blank — Blankety blank.
DECEMBER
1 — Everyone is at home trying to forget yesterday’s
game.
4 — Governor’s Day. A few of the students to show the
world that they are strong for the Governor, go
barefoot to meet him.
5 — The Farmers’ and Housekeepers’ Short Course
opened yesterday and was conspicuous by the ab-
sence of the Farmers and Housekeepers.
10— Something surely will happen. Felts finally suc-
ceeded in taking Miss Milstead to the movies.
12 — Thomas Mock has been seen several times lately
with Elmer Dougherty’s girl.
22 — Calm and colder. Christmas vacation.
TT
V W K l \ T S
Page One hundred sixty-six
7 Why did ) come to P. H. A\? /, too have often wondered:'
JANUARY
3— The sun shines and it is warmer. School duties are resumed.
12-19- — Unsettled conditions, general shower
of examination questions expected soon.
22 — Everyone is enrolling; still unsettled con-
ditions due to the fact that very few
grades are yet given out by the teachers.
27 - — Kansas Day Program.
31-Feb. 12— Fair weather; all the girls are
on the ice.
3a. m.Y 3 * JosepWos
■?ov \jJ \
FEBRUARY
15 — Beautiful weather for tropical fruits,
everyone has a date for President’s Day
luncheon.
27 — -Earthquake struck Felts. Brooks and
Ordway : ''Bugs" took them for a Ford
ride.
MARCH
6 — Manual training room is too small and tables are moved out into the hall.
8 — Fence put up to keep t\v,
23 — Golden Belt.
“chickens" off the manual training tables.
APRIL
12 — Evidences of a tornado are seen all along the creek. This is Arbor Day.
28-29 — Annual All-Western Kansas Track Meet.
MAY
16 — Senior class work ends.
21- — Senior class day.
24 — -Commencement.
The Aclies dePafe H
Page One hundred sixty-seven
“What's the use of learning that ? %i — Robinson.
The German Orchestra Aboard the Deutschland
(As Told Me By Capt. Koenig.)
Being in Baltimore when the submarine first arrived, I of course went to
view it with the rest of the curiosity seekers. By some chance or other I found
myself on its decks and quite near Captain Koenig. I had been told that an or-
chestra was aboard this slrp and I was looking as well as listening for it. Koenig
approached me and in pretty fair English, but bum U. S, 3 asked me what I was
looking for. I told him 1 was looking for the orchestra as I was interested in
music and orchestras and would like to see and hear it.
“You may see it, but as for hearing it — well, follow me;’ he said. I followed.
As he led the way downstairs he took from his pocket two bottles and turn-
ing to me at the bottom of the stairway, said: "We shall put the first viol in this
cupboard and the second viol in the cupboard across the room. "Violating rules
is forbidden and that is one of the rules. This shell o’ the ocean sure roars," and
he handed me a shell. I put it to my ear but heard nothing. “You’re stringing
me.’" I said, in good old U. S. “Oh, no,” he quickly rejoined, "that would be a
base thing to do, but nevertheless that completes my string section."
Then I tumbled.
“We use this flue t' carry away the smoke. Once when the British had spread
a net in the English Channel we heard an English horn and on suddenly rising,
got clar o' net, you know what I mean, clear of the net. An English prisoner we
happened to have present, said that we all were ‘oboes’, but we'll get to the base
soon and put him off. That's our woodwind section,” said he.
I remarked that if he kept up that pace he would wind me. He next told me
of some of the adventures he had had, and showed me some of the trophies he had
captured.
"This French horn we took from one of our victims. Once when we landed
on an island of British Isles, a driver of the tram boned us for something to eat.
He said he had all his corn et arid would starve if we did not give him something.
We gave him a tube o' salt water because we thought him too fresh.”
Just then we came upon the fellow who cleans the kettles and because the
cleaner of kettle drums up an excuse, the Captain gets sore. He said, "You're a
base drummer up of excuses. I'll fix a snare drummer up of excuses and set you
up as a cymbal to the rest.”
I didn't know what he would do to me, so I left, but say, that sure was some
orchestra.
Prof, (to class viewing the mushroom cellar) : This is where we keep the
mushrooms.
Preside: Which rooms are the mush rooms?
Teacher: Now, children, what is a museum?
Willie: It is a place where they keep all kinds of curious animals and
things and the Annual Staff.
The Gym is the building on the campus where dancing is taught and pro-
hibited.
Co-Eds — “Too conceited , too many } too busy, and not enough good
looking" — J. Johnson.
Page One hundred sixty-nine
“What's the use of learning that V ’ — Robinson.
Letters of A Freskman
Sept. 11, 1916. Dear Parents: I arrived safe in town and think I shall
like the place pretty well. I will enter school tomorrow ; am awful busy, so will
close. Your son. Casper.
Sept. 12. Dear folks — I enrolled in the Fort Mays Norma) this morning
and now am a regular student. There sure is a lot of people going to school
here. And girls, I never saw so many at one time in my life. 1 did think I
would be homesick, but I don’t think so now. 1 am rooming at a house with
several boys but I don't like them very well they are so noisy. And some of them
did not get home last night until 10:00 o'clock. As it is getting late I will close,
Your loving son, Casper.
Sept. 20. Folks — My, but I have been busy. One must study more than I
expected to make a grade in History, and English is terrible, but I will win out,
just you watch me. No. the girls do not bother me a great deal, but I guess I
could get almost anyone I wanted if I asked them. And the boys, yes, they are
very much better than [ thought. They are dandy fellows. I am sure.
Your son, Casper.
Nov. 1. Folks — I know I should have written sooner; I have intended to
several times but I am so busy. I am well and happy but will you ask dad for
about $5.00 I wish to go to a little social affair and will need that much any wav.
But don't tell him it is for me. The last time 1 asked him for extra money he
gave me “Hail Columbia/* Casper.
Nov. 20. Mother- — Say she sure is a peach, a regular doll, shes just too
sweet for anything. But 1 just cannot get the courage to speak to her. I adore
her. She smiles at me sometimes and I am sure she likes me a little. Blit every
time I think I will get up the nerve I get the chills and my teeth chatter so F cannojt
talk. But Fll get her yet. Casper.
Nov. 25. Mother — The football team goes to Sterling to play Cooper the
30th of this month and I sure would like to go and say Mother you know that
girl I was telling you about well she has promised to go with me to Cooper so you
see I just have to have some money. The two fares will cost about $10.00 and I
should have a little extra. Now mother if you will just give this money this time
T never will ask for any again. But do not fail me, my future happiness depends
upon it. Casper.
P. S. Blease do not show this to Father he would just be angry.
Nov. 25. Dear Dad — Your son is lost. The woman has him and if you don't
send him enough to take them both to Cooper the 30th he is ruined. Oh, about
$15.00 will do and say dad she is a peach. You’d call her a pippin I'm sure. If
you do not want your son's future ruined send him the Dough.
Your son. Casper.
P. S. — Don’t show this to mother, this is confidential. — C.
Pagt ’ One hundred seventy
“Some say dancing is no better than hugging, f do nit think it is half
as good ,f — “Happy” Sullivan.
— 1
Dec. 4. Folks — This is Governor’s day and I suppose I should be happy
and parading with the rest of the students but I am broken hearted. The old
lemon sure played me and then dropped me and now I wish I were dead. The
team lost at Cooper and then she cried and I thought she thought more of the
team than me and I scolded her. Then she became angry and would not sit with
me coming back. Every one kept looking at me and saying things behind my
back until I wish I were dead. But I am sure going to study hard now and get
good grades so that yon may. still be proud of your son. Casper.
Dec. 20. Folks — Everything is disarranged. The short course has upset all
the plans one could make and to study is impossible so if I get poor grades you
will know the reason. Casper.
Dec. 22. Dad- — Hurrv and send me enough to pay my room rent the land-
lady says if I do not pay her she will keep all of my clothes. I just cannot figure
out where all this money has gone to. Of course 1 had to get a few presents
but you would expect me to do that. I lurry please dad or you will have to spend
this vacation without your son. Casper.
Jan. 5th, 1917. Dear Mother — What do you think is wrong with these girls
mother? Now just before Christmas one of them treated me so nice and I thought
she cared but now she will not even speak to me. If this really keeps up T never
will get a girl and I sure would treat her fine if I could get her. I suppose I will
have to get along some way. Casper.
Jan. 15. Dear Folks- — They are going to give an opera this year here and I
am going to sing in the chorus. I wanted to sing soprano, you know how I used
to sing soprano back home, but music teacher said I would have to sing tenor or
not sing so I suppose I had better sing tenor. Casper.
Feb. 15. Folks-— I sure am some good singer I am the best tenor in the show
and I think I should have the leading tenor part instead of them sending to Kansas
City for some second rate tenor. Casper.
Mar. 15. Folks — I have dropped one subject so that I would have more time
to practice singing. This is just between you and me but I think that I will some
day be a very great singer. If I just could take private lessons for about 10
weeks. Say would you not like to have your son's name in large letters in all
the newspapers, wouldn't that be great? Casper.
April 10. Dear Folks- — Let’s forget all I said about being a singer. That
Kansas City man is the best singer in the world and I don’t suppose I would ever
be half as good as he. So you need not send any money for private lessons. This
life seems to be full of disappointments. Casper.
May 15. Dear Folks — Tn about two weeks I will be home so this will be the
last letter you will need to expect from me. I think I have solved the mystery of
pleasing the girls. Every football man of last year had no trouble in getting a
girl and has had one since so me for football next year, and if I do not make an all
state position then f wish you would take me out of school. In two weeks I will
be home for the summer. Your son, Casper.
£_ag_e One hundred. .levenLy-ojie _ — . . - -
“The characteristic weakness of the age is marriage " — Condtt.
Page One hundred seventy- five
“Any girl here who wants a dale?'* — Douchkuty.
Pals
rnto w ock o-y\ ‘i K ^ ti / )
f^otf^er Case
Disbursements ofP rofits Divided from Reveille
The Annual Staff expects to get a large amount of money from the collec-
tions for the Annual and after deducting expenses the balance will be pro-rated.
Just what is to be done with part of this money follows:
Ralph Archer intends to use the first $10,000 of his share in furthering the
cause of World Wide Peace.
Henry Sandy has been preparing a very valuable book and a part of his
share at least will be used in publishing his book. The book treats of ornamental
flowers — more especially of the Rose.
Tom Mock, who is especially interested in Agriculture, has already planned
and work is progressing nicely on a tract of land in the Saline valley that will
rival the original Garden of Eden. But Tom is worried. He has fixed up a swell
city home in Denver and since this has taken nearly all of his nice little nest egg,
he hardly knows whether he will have enough left to go abroad and study music.
Raymond Welty will use a small portion of his share in arranging to have
the next world's series played here.
Rose Eleller will build a magnificent Y. W. C. A. building in which will be
the best debate hall in existence. Woman's Suffrage and kindred subjects will
be the only use that this hall will have. A number of the best woman lecturers
and debaters have already been engaged for the opening of this great place.
Upon receiving the permission from President Wilson, Roy Frev will order
enough munitions of war to arm 5.000,000 people. The Boy Scouts of U. S.
will be his soldiers. The remainder of his share will go to the building of a home
for the aged Boy Scouts.
Ralph Reed, the artist of the group, has squandered, literally squandered, a
large amount of his share on Windsor ties and paint brushes. Pie has the largest
picture in the world in his head, he says, and we don't doubt it. He is continuallv
trying to convince the rest of us that his share should be larger because, he says,
“When I get this picture finished it will have taken all the money of my share and
I will not have enough left to frame it.” We think if he had spent less for Wind-
sor ties he would have had enough to frame his picture. I say with regret that
he seems to be the only disappointed member of the Staff.
Julius Johnson will further the cause of music by buying a solid gold flute.
L
Page One hundred seventy-four
“Any girl here who wants a date?” — Doughekty.
We Have on tke Staff
One who shoots with bow and arrow, but he certainly is not Cupid.
One whose name belies his complexion and certainly is not stupid,
One harmon-e lover but not a great musician.
One whose name reminds you of cooking spring chicken.
The lady, you should know her; say she's a — .
And one in the bunch is an awful little “feller.”
Should you read all this jangle and become confused,
I do not think you should talk ;
For should one of our number read everything.
Another surely would mock.
There is an individual at F. H. N. who has watched every step in the pro*
cess of the making of two of the best Annuals that this school will ever produce.
Flis ear has been open to every bit of conversation. Not an action has escaped
his ever watchful eye. Yet he has not opened his mouth in protest, or even shaken
his head in disapproval of anything this Staff has done.
Why should you, gentle reader, pass a severe criticism on this book when this
silent listener has seen everything that was done to make it and did not murmur?
Who is this person?
Oh, J had nearly forgotten. Well, if you will make a visit to the Reveille
Office in the western end of the Museum and observe closely, you will see that
this eagle-eyed and closed-mouth being is the BUFFALO.
|
“IGNORANCE.”
Miss Nickles is my teacher 1 shall not deny it.
She maketh me to give declensions and expose mine ignorance to the class.
She restoreth mine sorrows by telling me she will flunk me for wrong mark-
ings.
Yea though I study until midnight, I shall gain no knowledge, for my abla-
tives trouble me.
She prepareth a test for me in the presence of mine class.
She giveth me low grades. Surely distress and sadness shall follow me the
rest of mine days, and I shall stay in the Latin class forever.
Latin A. Student's, T6.
Page One hundred seventy- five
T : F a it on that ball , you — ' —Coach Speer.
Page One hundred seventy-seven
“Fafl on lhal ball, you — " — Coacij Spesk.
Breaking Sod for Sheridan Coliseum
Page One hundred seventy-eight
Laying, the G j r n e k sto n e
One of the largest manufacturers of Veterinary Remedies in the
State. Manufactured in Hays, Kansas. 22 Veterinary
Remedies, Spices and Extracts. Official inspector
of horses and cattle.
Page One hundred seventy-nine
Agents wanted
Western Kansas Scenery
Realizing that western Kansas has a wealth of natural scenery
peculiarly its own, the 1917 Reveille Staff began a collection of
some of the reproductions of these paintings of nature for the
purpose of preserving them in our book. A call was sent out
through the columns of the daily and weekly newspapers for
pictures of natural scenery. The citizens of Kansas responded
generously and we are indebted to them for the many beautiful
Kansas scenes found in the pages of this book. A large number
of pictures were sent to us that we were unable to use. Those
who contributed the most valuable pictures were: Mr. Crabtree,
of Manhattan; Mr. Jepson, of Stockton; Mr. Johnson, of Minne-
apolis, and Mr. Mark el, of Hays.
Page One hundred eighty
The State Normal Students
are
A J ways welcome at our store.
It is our utmost desire to please the
students — and we always carry a line
of the best, up-to-date merchandise
Queen Quality Shoes for women
Bostonian Shoes for men
Dry Goods, Ladies' ready-to-Wear
Garments, Shoes, Gents’
Furnishing and
Clothing
J. G. BRENNER
HAYS, KANSAS
K. C. HAAS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
‘'Your health is my anxiety”
Office in the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
BUILDING
Telephones:
Office, 273 Residence, 333
HAYS, KANSAS
Men’s Furnishing Store
Let the
Young Men Like Our Service
Hays New Opera House
We know what young men want
We know who makes the clothes
entertain you and your
young men want —
friends
Hart Schaffner & Marx
while in Hays
They’re here; young business men,
college men, high school men,
Only First Class Films
“Preps”; we’ll fit you in the famous
and
Varsity Fifty Five designs or in the
Copyrighted Plays
new belt-back models. The latest
produced here
neckwear is on display.
Everything you need is ready and
Popular Prices
waiting
(1 at it in c Co urtesy
Cleaning and Pressing
Perfect Order
Bissing Bros.
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HAYS, KANSAS
Manager
The home of
Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes
HAYS, KANSAS
Page One hundred eighty-one
CENTRALLY LOCATED MODERNLY EQUIPPED
THE BRUNSWICK
SOUTH SIDE HOTEL
FRANK FIELDS, Prop.
Phone 78 HAYS, KANSAS
A Mathematics Group
GEORGE S. GRASS & SON
Exclusive Groceries
Phone 4 HAYS, KANSAS
Page One hundred etghty-pwo
CITIZENS
STATE BANK
ORGANIZED, EQUIPPED AND CONDUCTED
FOR
SERVICE
HAYS CITY, KANSAS
Capital and Surpl us— f 100, 000.00
OFFICERS
C. G. COCHRAN .
A. F. COCHRAN . .
P. J. DEANE
C. W. MILLER, JR.
CHAS. C. STAAB .
PHILIP JACOBS .
President
. . Vice-President
. . .Vice-President
Cashier
Assistant Cashier
Assistant Cashier
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*VERY ordinary and niuisnal need of the modern home is ac-
commodated by the cleverly designed furniture offered by us.
Selections to suit every taste and type of room are found in
our carefully chosen stocks, which include many well-made
pieces of simple style and modest cost, as well as repre-
sentative patterns of more elaborate design. Whatever its price, it is
our endeavor to see that each piece of furniture obtained through us
represents genuine worth in its design and material and in all the details
of its construction and finish. Furniture of the character sold by us is
permanently enduring — both in your liking of it, and in its many years
of time-defying service.
We earnestly desire to be of assistance in any problems of home
furnishing, and cordially invite you to consult us in regard to questions
of furnishing and decoration.
Earl J. Caldwell Furniture Co.
Mulroy Block HAYS, KANSAS
See
ROBINSON
CHITTENDEN
For
Real Estate
Investments
Town Lots or Farm Lands
Improved or unimproved
Insurance, a specialty
FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT OR
LIVE STOCK INSURED
Office over Postoffice
Phone 196
SERVICE
in our
REPAIR DEPARTMENT
Our workmen the BEST
Our prices are in keeping with good
workmanship
OUR STOCK OF
Jewelry, Diamonds and
Sterling Silver
among fixe best in Wes ten 1
Kansas
We sell the Kraker’s Qualify
Self-Filling Fountain Pen
You Are Ahoa/ys Welcome
J. T. MORRISON
Jeweler and Optometrist
Phone 152
HAYS, KANSAS
Page One hundred eighty-four
We make it a point to carry only
goods of known quality and estab-
lished reputation. That is why you
will find only the genuine Kodak
goods in our camera department
KODAKS
and Kodak Supplies of all kinds al-
ways on hand, and always new.
Eastman N. C. Film, the film with
27 years’ experience behind it De-
veloping and printing done by experts,
or materials to do your own.
C. A. HARKNESS
Headquarters for Kodak Supplies.
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Page One hundred, eighty-six
J. E. Brumitt A. Brumitt
Hays City Tire & Repair Co.
G uarantecd Tire Repairing
Agents for
International Rubber Half Sole Tires
Phone 527
HAYS, KANSAS
South Side Garage and
Repair Shop
W. W. BEMIS, Prop.
Oxy Acetylene Welding
AUTO LIVERY
Cars that get you there
Careful drivers
Service day or night
CHARGES REASONABLE
HAYS, KANSAS
South Side Barber Shop
First Class Barber Work
Laundry Baths Shines
Call and give us a trial
GAY F. TILLOTSON
Proprietor
HAYS, KANSAS
The Ellis County News
John S. Bird, Editor
Read in nearly every home in
ELLIS COUNTY
Equipped for particular
job printing
Published every Thursday
Official County Paper
HAYS, KANSAS
C. M. HOLMQUIST
LAWYER
First National Bank Building
Phone 180
HAYS, KANSAS
DR. C. H. JAMESON
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Philip's Hardware Bldg.
TELEPHONES:
Office, 849 Residence, 345
Office Hours — 1 to 4 o'clock
J. S. VERMILLION, M. D.
Practice limited to
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Including Fitting of Glasses
Office in Ryan Block
HAYS, KANSAS
DR. F. K. MEADE
Physician and Surgeon
Office in
New Citizens State Bank Building
TELEPHONES
Office, 321 Residence, 372
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The Largest Book Store of Western Kansas
All School Wants Supplied Here.
Complete Line of Stationery and Office Supplies. .
COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, GRADE AND RURAL
SCHOOL TEXT-BOOKS.
All Books and Supplies needed for correspondence work at the FORT
HAYS NORMAL can be obtained direct from us.
Officially approved by Correspondence Service of School.
School Districts may purchase all supplies and books from us.
Popular Fiction and Best Sellers sent direct by mail all over Western
Kansas.
Shaffer’s self-filling fountain pen, and Waterman’s Ideal fountain pen.
$2.50 and up.
The biggest stock of Victrolas and Victor Records in this part of Kansas.
Prompt attention given to mail orders.
Next door to the Postoffice
R. S. cTWARKWELL
HAYS, KANSAS
Hays Bottling
Works
H. H. Winters
GENERAL HARDWARE
Manufacturers of all kinds of
SOFT DRINKS
Keen Kutter Scissors, Florence
Oil Stoves, Varnish, Paint,
Oil and Stains
Always pleased to show our goods
Phone 30
Phone 16
HAYS, KANSAS
HAYS, KANSAS
Page One hundred eighty-nine
Have Your Friends Stop At
THE NEW WINSOR
Good Booroy Booms
Seeley Mattresses
Quiet and Convenient
Comfort without
extravagance
Mu LKOy Bros.., Props.
HAYS, KANSAS
From the “Steinway”
Standard of the World, throughout
our famous line of pianos at
JENKINS
you will obtain the utmost in service,
dependability, and satisfaction
for the price you pay.
Remember
JENKINS
The Best Place to Buy Your Piano
Easy Terms
J. W. Jenkins Sons
Music Co.
1013-15 Walnut Street
KANSAS CITY, MO.
Page One hundred ninety
Frank Havermann
Dealer in
FURNITURE
AND
UNDERTAKING
A complete stock of all kinds of
CARPETS
RUGS
LINOLEUM
AND
WINDOW
SHADES
Frank Havermann Gus Havermann
Licensed Undertakers
Store North of Depot
HAYS, KANSAS
W. O. Anderson
Co.
Wholesale Fruit and Produce
Car Lots A Specialty
Codes: Modern Economy, Revised
Economy, New Citrus, Baker's
Reference: Mercantile Agencies and
all Topeka Banks
Main Office — Topeka, Kansas
Geo. H. Benton, Manager
HAYS, KANSAS
Page One hundred ninety-one
Art in its highest sense is but the faculty
of expression
BOEGER’S
The Studio for College People who appreciate
Photography at its Best
All photographs of this Annual
made by the
Boeger’s Studio
707 Kansas Avenue TOPEKA, KANSAS
One Hundred ninely-lwo
STOCKMEN
We have had the pleasure of selling several shipments for
The Ft. Hays Experiment Station. Ash them about the kind of
service we give.
We are leaders in buying and selling stock for the agri-
cultural colleges all over the United States as well as l'or
STOCKMEN and FARMERS.
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Ship to us- when you market stock ; send us your orders when
you want stockers or feeders bought. You can do no better,
CATTLE HOGS SHEEP
CLAY, ROBINSON & CO.
Live Stock Commission
Kansas City Stock Y r ards and Other Markets
(Established in 1886)
The Hays City
Transfer Line
H. L. FELTON, Proprietor
Prompt Cab and Transfer Service
Day and Night
Phones: Residence, 173 Barn, 18
HAYS, KANSAS
J. H. Middlekauff, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 2
HAYS, KANSAS
C. W. MILLER
Has Town Lots and City
Residences for Sale
HAYS, KANSAS
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Geo. Philip Geo. Philip, Jr.
Geo. Philip & Son
Dealers in
HARDWARE
Paints Oils Glass
HAYS, KANSAS
Treat Shaffer
LUMBER
and
COAL
DEALERS
F. Ha VERM ANN
HAYS, KANSAS
GOLDEN BELT
GARAGE
H. J. OLDHAM
Proprietor
Phone 412
HAYS, KANSAS
Page One hundred ninety-five
Photos of Quality,
Mountings of Style
The most important event of
your school life — Graduation — is
surely worth a Portrait to ex-
change with classmates— to keep
the memory of School Days.
Students assured a hearty wel-
come at all times,
H. C. MARKEL
HAYS, KANS.
Makers of Photos that please
BETTER KODAK FINISHING
Page One hundred ninety-six
Get our special price on Your Complete Annual
Hammersmith-
Kortmeyer Co.
Engravers - Printers
Largest Publishers of High Quality
Complete College Annuals
in the United States
Milwaukee, - Wis.
I* age One hundred ninety-seven
Page One hundred ninety-eight
E. M. SPEER
President
H. W. OSHANT
Vice-President
VICTOR HOLM
Cashier
The First National Bank of Hays City
Capital $50,000.00
Surplus : . . .$15,000.00
RELIABLE CON SLR VA TIVE PRO GRESSIVE
Member of Federal Reserve Bank, and
Under National Supervision
We cordially invite all students while attending
the Fort Hays Normal School to do their
banking business with us
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THE KNIGHT-CAMPBELL
MUSIC CO.
Largest in the West Established 1874
A place where you’ll enjoy Musical Shopping.
If it’s a piano or pl-aver piano OF THE BETTER SORT, or
a VICTROLA, or VICTOR RECORDS, or PLAYER-ROLLS, or
SHEET MUSIC and BOOKS, or a VIOLIN, CORNET, GUITAR,
UKULELE, or even a BANJO-UKE — remember we have the
largest stock to be found in the West
Tell us what yon are interested in, and we will return photos
and full particulars.
OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST
Our prompt mailing service brings the big store to your door
You are Invited to open an account
DENVER, COLORADO
King Bros. Pharmacy
H. H. KING GEO. KING
The Reo; all Store
The Brightest Spot on Main Street
Our Fountain Service is the best
The Student’s Headquarters for Stationery
Everything in
DRUGS, MEDICINES and PHARMACEUTICAL GOODS
Phone 80
HAYS, KANSAS
The home of good goods and square dealing
Page T*wo hundred one
J. B. Basgall
Dealer in
GROCERIES
and
QUEENSWARE
Phone 75 HAYS, KANS.
C. SCHWALLER’S
SONS
Dealers in all kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL
Goal and Barbed Wire
Let us figure your bill before you
build, as we can save you money
We handle the best Chandler
Canon Coal
HAYS, KANSAS
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A. A. WIESNER
AND SON
Dealer in
General Merchandise
Phone No. 88
HAYS, KANSAS
SCHLEYER C&
ARNOLD
Dealers in
Implements
Farm Machinery
and
Automobiles
HAYS, KANSAS
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The Hays Free
Press
A. L. CLARK & SON
Proprietors
Job and Commercial
Printers
HAYS, KANSAS
HAYS STEAM
LAUNDRY
There is nothing so close to you as
your laundry. It is more than a mat-
ter of choice; it is of vital importance.
The choice of having your clothes
done under unsanitary conditions or
of having them done in our MODERN
PLANT is just the choice between
caring for appearance only or for both
appearance and health. Work done
with sun-light and cheerfulness and
our motto, “To please you,” surely
will mean something to one who takes
the same care of his Laundry as of
his Diet.
Once a customer, always one
Phone 62
We deliver We call
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O you, kind reader, the book is offered, not without some misgivings,
but with the knowledge that we have never lost sight of the ideal
we cherished when we began planning our 1917 Reveille.
Our aim has been to depict the school activities, the school life
and the school spirit in such a way that when the days you spent as a student
on the Fort Hays Normal School campus have become only a memory you
can turn the pages of this book and live again the happy days of years gone by.
This volume would not be complete without rendering tribute to those
whose faithful work made its creation possible. To the members on the Stall
who were heads of departments, the major portion of the credit is due. To
Henry Sandy, in particular, too much credit cannot be giveu. He was ever
willing to sacrifice personal desires to contribute to the betterment of the
Reveille. He worked perseveringly to make the volume a success. Ralph Reed
contributed much to the success of our efforts by the care he exercised in the
selection of illustrations and the suggestions he offered regarding the make-up
of the book. Raymond Welty worked unceasingly to make the athletic de-
partment one of the features of the book. Success has crowned his efforts.
To Julius Johnson credit tis due for enlivening the book and making it por-
tray the happier and more cheerful side of school life. The book was made
possible by the work of three persons. Thomas Mock, in fulfilling his duties
as business manager, contributed liberally. He placed the finances of the book
on a firm basis and made it possible for us fo add several expensive extra
features. He was ably seconded in his work by Rose M. Heller, circulation
editor, and Roy E. Frey, advertising manager.
Our sincere gratitude is offered to Miss Wooten for her kindly advice and
assistance in planning the book and the art designs used in illustrating it. To
Julia Keeler, too, thanks are due for her assistance in creating the art designs
used. To Mr. Boeger, the photographer, we wish to express our appreciation
for liis im ceasing efforts to make the portraits used as nearly perfect as
possible.
It is with a feeling of regret that we bring our work to a close. The
year’s labor has had its pleasures and its disappointments. If the book fails
to fulfill your expectations, remember that the staff done its best, ff your
toes are trampled on it was done in a kindly spirit with the hope that others
would laugh and that you would laugh with them. If the book contributes
an hour’s pleasure, if it inspires you with the desire to do a kindly deed or to
struggle onward to nobler heights then the Staff feels that their efforts have
been crowned with success and that they are amply repaid for the time ex-
pended in the production of this volume.
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